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" I've been able to get an excitement back in the water. "

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

" 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. "

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

" I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be. "

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

" I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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 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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. "

" 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. "