Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

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

I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

If I want to achieve the goals I’ve set, I’ve got to be in tip-top shape.

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.

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

If you’re not on your ‘A’ game in our workouts every day, you’re going to get absolutely smoked.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

Swimming is fun. It’s a lot funner than golf.

But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication.

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

I want to change the sport of swimming. I want people to talk about it, think about it, and look forward to seeing it. I want them to want to jump in and do it. That’s my goal.” After.

You’re tired; you feel you can’t move; you’re truly hurting. That’s when he would throw down especially hard sets.

You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice.

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We’ll take that for right now.