If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

If you kick a lion when it is down, God help you when it gets up.

Many want to live long, and ignore pangs of eternity.

Extinguish even the wee annoyance, as it will grow to become evil!

The tragedy of life is not death, but fearing to live, allowing parts of us to wilt and die instead of flower and rejoice.

Cheapness is a great virtue.

What would God have me do with my life?

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections.

We did everything adults would do. What went wrong?