Ryan Lochte Quotes

All you do is pull the pin, and it releases a startling alarm that can get you out of a bad situation.

I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, "I can do this." Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.

With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.

I think that is why I do so many different things with the hair, the grills, the crazy shoes.It's just my personality coming out there.

I look at him as some other person I need to beat.

I suddenly said, 'I'm sick of losing'. After that, I trained hard and I never lost there again.

I've talked in front of ... like... a lot of big business people about stuff I didn't even know.

I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that. But after the sport of swimming-when it's all said and done-I want to get involved in fashion. I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold.

For those who are understood no need to explain

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

Pain is temporarily, but pride last forever

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

Always reach for the moon cuz if u slip up u will still be a star!! #Jeah

In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.

The key to the Lochte haircut is being fresh and looking up-to-date.

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'

I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.

I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.

Too travel is sometimes better to arrive!

Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

For me, being Ryan Lochte is fun.

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.

When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.

I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.

I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together.

I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.

That's the quickest way to my heart: Laughter.

I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out.

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.