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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.

I’m doing this for me. If I don’t become as successful as you all think I would be or should be and you think it tarnishes my career, then that’s your own opinion. I’m doing this because I want to come back and I enjoy being in the pool and I enjoy being in the sport of swimming.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

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

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.

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

I think to be – for me to be an American is – you know, it’s one of the greatest things in the world for – you know, for me just because I’ve been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

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.

I am excited to have the opportunity to help provide the same swim instruction that I received as a child when I was enrolled in a water safety class at five-years-old.

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.

This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.

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

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me.

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.

One thing with me, and every goal I’ve had – – in the sport of swimming, my mother didn’t know my goals. The only person that knew my goals were my coaches.

I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why not? My mom put us in the water for water safety, so we were comfortable in the water in case anything ever happened. I learned that way, and started liking it more and more.

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

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

I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.

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

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

I’ve always been fortunate in that I’ve been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I’m lucky to be that way.

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

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

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

It’s tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to. Through the ups and downs of my career I’ve still been able to do everything that I’ve ever wanted to accomplish.

Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.

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

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

I’m so sick of the water.

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There’s no better time to try this than now.

I finished my career the way I wanted to.

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.

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

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

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy.

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

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

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