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" For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do. "

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" I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere. "

" Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz. "

" I try to separate my personal life from swimming. "

" I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history. "

" I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart. "

" I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet. "

" Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' "

" I'm so sick of the water. "

" I've never lifted a single weight in my life. "

" I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. "

" I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now. "

" It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do. "

" I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past. "

" I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day. "

" I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life. "

" I got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a system. I stuck my Xbox in there. I had to go for it. "

" There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle. "

" Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name. "

" I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible. "

" Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. "

" Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool. "

" I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened. "

" I think everybody pees in the pool. It's kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers. "

" So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas. "

" I'm a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's. "

" I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. "

" I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time. "

" For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was. "

" I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious. "