I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

Jump off the beam, flip off the bars follows your dreams, and reach for the stars

Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

Life is true to form, records are meant to be broken

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.

My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.

In everyday life there is always manana. There is no urgency

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

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.