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.

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.

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.

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

My battered heart will always be where the ocean meets the sand, I will break over and overEvery day. That is the best andworst part of me.

We all see the world through the prism of our identity.

The national unity government is a necessity in this country and I am happy to serve it. We have negotiated for months to create a government, but Belgium also went for a year without one.

Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns.

You've had a lot of presidents that haven't take that tack [get along with Russia]. Look where we are now. Look where we are now. So, if I can - now, I love to negotiate things.

In politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.

Pranking is ultimately turning the world upside down. It's in good fun.

At every stage of my career, I sought out the most influential people around me and asked for their help and guidance.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.