I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

You always know he's going to put something together, ... He's got some speed, but we were able to hang on.

It was tough. I wasn't able to get out with the guys, ... I was in their wake. I was just destroyed.

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

We're eager to have our readers be able to read the newspaper in 18 to 19 minutes. My wife calls it 'Newspapers Without Guilt.' I can read the newspaper, get through this newspaper before it goes on the recycling stack.

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.