People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.

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.

You will not pass!” Roman thundered.Great. Now he had decided he was Gandalf.

For the entrance is low: we must stoop till we are no taller than children to get in.

Learn from your mistakes and don't do the same.

The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making.

The catcher in the rye... that's all I really want to be.

Rocks are space, and space is illusion.

Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of his life. The way to do it is to focus on today. . . It is too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow.

You can only be a control freak when you have weak people around you.

Since there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous .

Guantanamo Bay is the anti-Statue of Liberty.