I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.

I'm pretty lazy. My wife always says, "you're the laziest, most successful Olympian I've ever seen." How does that make sense? Honestly, if I have downtime, I'm really, really good at not doing anything.

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.