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

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

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 can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

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

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.