I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

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.

Knowledge without understanding is a great loss because it is akin to having given a device without the manual on how to operate or use it.

Rebellion is all we'll be talking about. Love is revolution, a kind of coup d'état and cultural reprogramming in its own little way.

New York has an electronic heart.

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.

Something smells fishy and they say it's you, all I know is that you made it with the whole damn crew.

Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

Death is simply a break in our linear stream of consciousness.

I don't like hiding. I do like to keep certain things to myself, but at the end of the day, I'm eighteen, and I'm going to fall in love.