I definitely think education is important and both education and sport link really well together. I like to give education and sport the best that I can to see if I can succeed in both.

You have to have other things in your life apart from swimming to focus on. It's not going to be just swimming in my life.

It's definitely an honour to represent my home country once again in the Commonwealth Games. It is going to be a magical experience and to be considered as a role model is a reward in itself.

The first thing I am going to tell my successor is, don't trust the military men – even on military matters." JFK

A good artist must be good at many things.

Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were born to rise!

That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

I don't support violence, period.

I think people should start to practice the words 'President Romney.'

The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

Age isn't as important so long as you are surrounded by people you love, doing things you passionately believe in.

As long as space abides and as long as the world abides, so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world.