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" I got the stamina. I can close. "

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Change The World

" I can't remember the last day I didn't train. "

" I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go. "

" There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions. "

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

" I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be. "

" I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong. "

" I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused. "

" 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 think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. "

" 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 can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day. "

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

" 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 think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world. "

" I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future. "

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

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

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

" My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. "

" I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it. "

" I've been able to get an excitement back in the water. "