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" I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. "
Ryan Lochte
School
Growing Up
Up
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" I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that. "
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" 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. "
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Mom
Gold
" 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. "
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Candy
Food
" My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins. "
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You
Family
" You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold. "
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Laugh
Know
Girl
" 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. "
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Training
Train
Think
" 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. "
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Burn
Affect
Eat
" My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. "
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Up
Water
Suit
" 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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Think
Some
Things
" 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. "
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Remember
Years
Trying
" 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. "
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Have Fun
Me
Friends
" I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together. "
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Rest
Soul
Together
" I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom. "
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Mom
Motown
Like
" Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head. "
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Head
Will
Up
" 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. "
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My Own
Start
Swimming
" I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things. "
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Things
Change
Way
" You know, you pick and choose your battles. "
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Battles
Know
Pick
" I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family. "
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Big
Family
My Own
" 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.' "
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Jealous
Life
Want
" Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me. "
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Going
Come
Date
" 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. "
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Rocks
Always
Kind
" Of course I have bad hair days; I'm human. "
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Bad
Human
Hair
" I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should. "
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Pink
Should
Think
" I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye. "
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Haters
Eye
You
" 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. "
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Summer
Hard Work
Feel
" I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen? "
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I Am
Tie
Olympics
" 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. "
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Own
Past
Suits
" I'm definitely laid back. I don't take things so seriously. "
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Back
Things
Take
" My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid. "
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Practice
Devil
Growing Up
" If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane. "
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Just
Day
Lose