I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

There is water in every lane, so it is OK.

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.

I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.

Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.

Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's?

I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.

You were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God.

Leaders should always be the initiators of reconciliation.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.

I've been a Republican since Reagan. I voted for Bush and his father. I don't tell a lot of people, because I live in a city where somebody who voted for Bush is really an outcast.

There are two movies where I keep my clothes on. My parents will be very proud. They're challenging characters, which I'm excited about.

I have these slumber parties with my father [Steve Tyler], and when we can't sleep we stay up all night trading beauty tips. He knows all about the good creams and masks.

Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

There is only one way to learn... It's through action.

We ought to really at least recognize the common predicament of Communists and democrats - or Americans, whatever.