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

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" I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should. "

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

" I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome. "

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

" 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 don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed. "

" The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard. "

" My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?' "

" My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins. "

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

" I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up. "

" If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds. "

" It felt good to actually have a decent swim. "

" Alec Baldwin is so funny. "

" In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun. "

" I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen? "

" 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. "

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

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

" I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together. "

" 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.' "