Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself

I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."