You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

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.

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.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward — get real with yourself!

To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.

I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

George Eliot has the heart of Sappho; but the face, with the long proboscis, the protruding teeth of the Apocalyptic horse, betrayed animality.

It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

The Bible is shallow enough for a new believer to wade in, but deep enough for a theologian to drown in.

If it were not for art, I would have killed myself a long time ago.