I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

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

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

They all believed in him because of the authenticity of his musical talent and his faith in it.

Waking up next to you is like when other people get to sleep in and keep dreaming.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

We spent a lot of time on the beach when I was young so I'd also take pictures of seaweed and crabs.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

I have known people throughout my years of playing where maybe they had a gig, but then lost the gig because they didn't really move forward with them.