I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.

I've been in a Speedo half my life. So I am really comfortable with my body.

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.

I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for.

I know there's life after the Olympics.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.

At 28, you need recovery time after training.

After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.

I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education.

Sometimes when you’re struggling to see kindness in the world, you need to be the creator of it to remind yourself it does exist.

There is no man who is enterprising and keeps well up with the times but confesses that the women of to-day are in every respect, except political liberty, equal to the men.

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.

The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His Servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel?

The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.

In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.

Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

The Britons are quite separated from all the world.