I swam my brains out.

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

One of the things that drives me is the excitement that I could fail. What better buzz can you get?

The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.

As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."

with the breakdown of the medieval system, the gods of chaos, lunacy, and bad taste gained ascendancy.

It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories.

I am just a player trying to do what Im told.

My own opinion is that just as fundamentally man and woman are one, their problems must be one in essence.

A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn.

I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing... I like to think before I speak (softly).