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 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 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.

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.'

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

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.