When I was younger, I would eat everything.

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

I love to swim. When I jump in the water, I feel like I'm 12 years old again. It's really funny how it does that to me.

At 4, I joined a summer rec team called the Sugar Bears.

For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!

At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You may as well push.

The first mile is mental. The rest are all heart.

Preparing mentally takes more out of you than the physical aspect of it.

I slice up a ton of cucumbers, celery, carrots and red and yellow peppers. Keep them in your fridge so you always have something handy to curb your snack attack.

Indoor pools just don't seem as inviting to me.

I've been barefoot most of my life: either flip flops or barefoot on the pool deck. Although you'd think that would make me a good candidate for barefoot running, that doesn't work with me.

Sometimes the tunes of our songs are not melodious. Sometimes they are just without emotion, flesh, breath, or thought.

I've never had any interest in retelling stories from my youth.

Become the very best in your business!

Life's like a novel with the end ripped out.

We're the highest taxed nation in the world. When I finish the plan, we'll be among the lower taxed, which is very good. I'd like to be the lowest, but you can't be the lowest.

Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace without soul peace.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

That's the life really isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done.