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" 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. "

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" I'm so sick of the water. "

" If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. "

" I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. "

" 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. "

" I got the stamina. I can close. "

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

" 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 a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's. "

" 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. "

" 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 got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a system. I stuck my Xbox in there. I had to go for it. "

" 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. "

" I try to separate my personal life from swimming. "

" Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' "

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" 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. "

" If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy. "

" You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. "

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

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" It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. "