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

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 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.

I'm pretty confident.

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.

Joy is a decision. Circumstances and situations will scream distractions.Come what may, decide to be joyful in God and by the Holy Spirityou will be joyful.

Barbarism is not the inheritance of our prehistory. It is the companion that dogs our every step.

Those straight-spined parishioners could justify their exhibitionism by telling themselves that they were setting an example, even educating the rest of us.

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working upon you.

We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.

Insane!... Ask the tyrant who is his most dangerous foe, the sane man or the insane?

the last steps of life are ever slow and difficult.

There is a blueprint for every accomplishment-all we need to do is to know how to follow it. Trial and error is ridiculous after the truth has once been established.

I've never worked for a newspaper. I've had some very bad reviews in newspapers.