"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."

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"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."

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"Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz."

Being

"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."

Life

"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."

Time

"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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"My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'"

People

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

Thought

"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."

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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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"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 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."

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