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

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.

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.

I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.

Before, it came easy for me. I don’t have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.

I finished my career the way I wanted to.

I’m so sick of the water.

I don’t like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn’t going anywhere.

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

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.