Quotes by Ryan Lochte

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

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.

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 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.’

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

I don’t know if I’m a good kickball player; I know I’m a good athlete.

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.

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.

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there’s air, water in there. I was freaking out.

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