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" A player is someone - a guy - that messes with girls' emotions just to try and get what they want. I've been asked, 'Do you consider yourself a player?' And the answer is no. I don't think I'm anywhere near that. "

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" After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim. "

Ryan Lochte

Think

Meet

Know

" Not to have a big head about it, but people love me. "

" There's people out there that are like, 'Oh my God, I want to have your kid. I want to marry you.' People that I've never even met. That's sweet. It's funny. "

" It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance. "

" It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day. "

" I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people. "

" There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends. "

Ryan Lochte

Have Fun

Friends

" I want to get to know a woman before I take them out on a date or anything like that. "

" You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold. "

" I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore. "

" Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me. "

" I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed. "

Ryan Lochte

Doing

Little Things

" No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do. "

" I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport. "

" I'm at a point where I'm ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt. "

" I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery. "

" The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward. "

" I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate. "

" I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff. "

" Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer. "

" I like girls who really don't care what other people are thinking - girls who are a little goofy. I think that's sexy. "

" I hate to lose. I like winning. "

Ryan Lochte

Lose

Winning

" I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood. "

" I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens. "

" My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. "

Ryan Lochte

Water

Suit

" I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use. "

" I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster. "

" Of course I have bad hair days; I'm human. "

" I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that. "

Ryan Lochte

Fashion

Outlet

" Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud. "