For right now, I still believe that college is what's going to make me the happiest girl.

I'm just an all-around happy girl who loves everything about her life.

A huge part of swimming for me is I love it, and it is so much fun.

Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love.

The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy.

For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.

I'm always so excited about what I do that I try to get everyone to feel that way.

I haven't even thought about a world record. I just want to go out there and have fun. I think when you focus too much on the numbers, you don't see anything that's out there.

Hopefully I don't annoy people too much.

I don't think about the trials and the Olympics a lot. If I do, it's just going to stress me out and get me worried.

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, " the captain announces from the helm, "and the occasional man-eating monster.

There is no sharper spear than wisdom.There is no larger shield than faith.There is no better fortress than truth.There is no greater strength than hope.There is no higher power than love.

Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's ideas.

The white man in the tropics degenerates every day.

We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a natural consequence.

For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

I wasn't in a lot of rock and roll bands. I was in jug bands and things when I was in school.

I quickly learned that motherhood was a high wire act sometimes performed without a net.

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by. Which is why I’m more inclined to say, 'Don’t Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring it With You.'

At the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.