I'm pretty confident.

I could see myself still swimming because I'm really enjoying the sport. But at the same time I have this biological clock that is ticking.

Tonight was not about winning, it was about focusing on myself and what I was aiming to do. It's the reason why I was able to swim so well

It's so rewarding the journey that I've been on.

I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it now and I think I'm a better athlete because of that.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

I really would like to start a family as well. Whether I can balance the two or have to decide one or the other way, I'm not sure what will happen.

The fact that I am as lean as I was in 2008, I'm stronger than I was in 2008 I think I have the potential to be as fast as I was.

I can't believe it. I'm speechless. It is amazing to see where I've come from the last two years.

it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.

Ignorance binds people tighter than culture.

People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

I do not know by what extraordinary mental accident modern writers so constantly connect the idea of progress with the idea of independent thinking.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

I need someone to shut off my brain, and turn on my heart.

I think it's horrible that we Turks are always seen under the aspect of Islam first. I am constantly asked about religion, and almost always with a negative undercurrent that makes me furious.

What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn't deny it and doesn't try to mitigate it, but tries to sell its products as a way of liberating oneself.