Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.

I swam my brains out.

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today.

Life is everchanging, if you cease to change, you cease to live.

If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail.

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expectation of themselves.

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.

In my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love.

As an actor, whether I'm playing Othello on stage or David Estes on 'Homeland, ' that ability to give into your imagination is something that I enjoy.

I am appalled by the great injustice being perpetrated by those Jewish organizations that engage in anti-Christian bigotry.

You shoot another guy—well, okay, this is Baltimore. You shoot three guys, it’s time to admit you have a problem.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

Amongst the friends of Allah (Awliya), the Qur'an is considered as a love letter from Allah, which inevitably is read continuously to remind them of their Beloved.

The moon is a good, solid base to build a space travel organization in the community.

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century.

I enjoyed breaking down my matches, because wrestling fans really like to know what I'm actually thinking, and why certain things needed to happen at a certain time.

All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.