It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.

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.

I think I exist, therefore I exist. I think.

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.

The wealth God has given to everyman is the wealth of TIME.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say

My ambition is to one day shed my wardrobe and figure out how to look like Gilles Bensimon - or a famous stylist - who travels with a Birkin bag and minimal accoutrement and somehow looks cool.

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

I use as sensitive a line as possible when I draw on the plate.

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.