Ryan Lochte Quotes

If you’re a man at night, you’ve got to be a man in the morning.

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

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

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.

You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?

I hate to lose. I like winning.

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited.

It's spelled J-E-A-H. If you say it like how it's spelled it's ‘jee-ah.’ But, that's boring; no one wants to hear that. So you have to really put that emphatis [sic] on that ‘J.’ And then the ‘A-H’ kinda just flows.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

These are my shoes that I designed from top to the very sole to the very top to the bottom. Laces.

It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance.

I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.

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

I took my weight training to a new level.

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

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 little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.

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

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

No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time.

When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.

One thing I won't do: I won't give up on love.

I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

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

Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.

I love swimming because racing.

Pain, tolerance, endurance-when it comes down to that point, there's always something left. You just have to find it.

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

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 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.

Alec Baldwin is so funny.

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

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, "Oh my God they have this, I want that."

Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.

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

Stay motivated, set goals, have fun