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" 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. "

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

" I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day. "

" I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart. "

" 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 is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. "

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

" 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 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 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. "

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

" I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet. "

" The more you dream the more you achieve. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming? "

" I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "