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" I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things. "

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" If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane. "

" Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother's 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he'd never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head. "

" I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out. "

" If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be. "

" 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. "

" I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line. "

" I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things. "

" I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me. "

" 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. "

" With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't. "

" 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. "

" Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well. "

" No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time. "

" I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family. "

" I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.' "

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

" I took my weight training to a new level. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over. "

" 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. "

" 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 better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. "

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

" I hate to lose. I like winning. "

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

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

" You know, you pick and choose your battles. "

" I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom. "