Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me.

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

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.

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

It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.

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

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.'