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"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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"The important thing is not to survive, but to live."

"I simply can't look into the heavens on a crisp starry night and somehow bring myself to believe that the gaping expanse that engulfs the whole of me is the product of chance happenstance. And neither can I believe that the gaping expanse that rests within me is anything less."

"Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice."

"On the earth, satellite of a star speeding through space, living things had arisen under the influence of conditions which were part of the planet's history; and as there had been a beginning of life upon it, so, under the influence of other conditions, there would be an end: man, no more significant than other forms of life, had come not as the climax of creation but as a physical reaction to the environment."
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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."

"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."

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

"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."

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