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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery. "

" 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. "

" I hate to lose. I like winning. "

" Alec Baldwin is so funny. "

" 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 think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things. "

" It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance. "

" I took my weight training to a new level. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy. "

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

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

" I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people. "

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

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that. "

" Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well. "

" My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. "

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

" The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward. "