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?'

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

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?

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

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome.

I like girls who really don't care what other people are thinking - girls who are a little goofy. I think that's sexy.