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" I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that. "

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

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

" The more you dream the more you achieve. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it. "

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

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

" 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. "

" Growing up in high school, I wasn't hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up. "

" I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more. "

" 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. "

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

" Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. "

" Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble. "

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

" My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' "

" I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. "

" And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. "

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