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"Swimming isn't everything, winning is."
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"I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning."

"The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way."

"Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck."

"Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable."

"Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that."

"Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?"
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"The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude."

"All things being equal, if we could simulate the same scenario, he has a lot more difficult task. He's elected to swim six individual events, as opposed to what I elected to do, which was four."

"There are times I might coach one or two workouts a year when the regular coach gets caught in traffic."

"It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go."

"Well my thoughts on American swimming are that our prospects look favorable, but we may not have as strong a showing in the gold medal count as in previous Olympics. But I am not coaching."

"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."

"What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful."

"Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it."
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