Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.

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

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.

I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

This is the first medal I’ve ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can’t explain it.

I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.

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.

I see my goals as personal and I always have. That’s just been how I’ve worked.

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me.

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I’ve learned to get a grip and take care of myself.

It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.

I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.

Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.