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The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
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.
You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.
When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'
My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.
I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.
You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I'm doing and how I want to swim my races.
When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.
It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance.
My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.
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.
Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's?
Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.
When people say to me, 'You're like the Anna Kournikova who wins,' I definitely take it as a compliment, because she's quite gorgeous.
This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.
If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.
I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.
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
Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.
Daily repetition matters when a kid is learning to swim. It can be 20 minutes in a lesson or an hour practicing for a couple of weeks.
For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!
The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.
I have no complaints. I am comfortable and satisfied. I am not the kind of person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars.
For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do.
I think that is why I do so many different things with the hair, the grills, the crazy shoes.It's just my personality coming out there.
In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.
Breaking composure, confidence, and speed in the water makes you lose the race, not the goggles that fell off your head when you dove in.
People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.
I don't underestimate the power of mental preparation throughout all of my training. I'm in a much better state of mind about competition.
Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.
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'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have. I learned a lot.
There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.
Every year it changes, sometimes I'm good at the 50m, sometimes I'm terrible, it really depends. I'm still not sure what my best event is.
I'm just maintaining the same mindset that I had going into the 2012 Olympics and Olympic trials, which is just, whatever happens, happens.
We weren't too stressed out, this morning we just knew that if we had strong, good swims we would be fine, so it was actually a lot of fun.
I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.
I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up
[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.
I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
I'm just going to go out there and try to win the race. When you go out there trying to go for a record, you're usually not going to get it.
When I was training for the Olympics, I didn't eat the way I should have. I missed out on much-needed protein and opted for every easy carb.
I don't have a specific mantra; It's more about believing that I'm tough. I've been through a lot, and I'm not wiling to let myself get beat.
Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.
I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit
Recognize your highest calling as early in life as possible. Proactively and creatively persist, day in and day out. Leave an enduring legacy.
There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.