Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

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

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.

Do no harm, but take no shit.

I would rather have nothing than something that was only alright.

Movies are just ridiculously expensive.

It's great when you find somebody you're compatible with, but I'm really into separate bedrooms. You live your life and I live mine.

It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

I don't like to use a microphone around my head while I'm teaching so I had to learn how to project from my stomach more.

Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

I'm a big believer in spontaneity.

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.