Ryan Lochte Quotes

When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.

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.

For those who are understood no need to explain

I took my weight training to a new level.

Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

The key to the Lochte haircut is being fresh and looking up-to-date.

That's the quickest way to my heart: Laughter.

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?

In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

I look at him as some other person I need to beat.

You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

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.

You'd be amazed at what I can do. Did you know I can swim?

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.