You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
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.
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.