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

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" I got the stamina. I can close. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Every sponsor I've had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality. "

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

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

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

" I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history. "

" I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do. "

" 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. "

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

" This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence. "

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

" I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. "

Change The World

" I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world. "

" If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. "

" 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. "

" I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything. "

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

" I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere. "