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.

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.

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.

A story is a wondrous invention.

It is easy

In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

This is about safety. This has nothing to do with religion.

I never actually plan sequels. They demand to be done.

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

He that feares death lives not.

If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be able to get along with other people.

There is no book so bad...that it does not have something good in it.