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

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

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.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

Aren't we all waiting to be read by someone, praying that they'll tell us that we make sense?

Be a lover, nother else will matter.

It's hard to see yourself as a princess because it involves a huge leap of the imagination and sort of requires you to believe you can be that, which is a scary, weird thing.

Choose your friends and mates, not by the money in their bank account, creed, ethnicity, or color; instead, choose character, actions, heart, and soul. When we bleed, we bleed the same color.

You go back home and everything you wished was different is still the same and everything you wished was the same is different.

I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

I think calling someone a character is a compliment.

Never drink if you've got any work to do. Never.

I think everyone is beautiful in their own way.

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.