I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.

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.

Of course I have bad hair days; I’m human.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.