Swimming Is Fun. It's A Lot Funner

If I Didn't Swim My Best, I'd Think About It At School, At Dinner, With My Friends. It Would Drive Me Crazy.

I Don't Want To Be The Next Mark Spitz; I Want To Be The First Michael Phelps

I Grew Up Around The Pool With My Sisters. Both Of My Sisters Swam. I Was Always There. So I Thought, Why Not? My Mom Put Us In The Water For Water Safety, So We Were Comfortable In The Water In Case Anything Ever Happened. I Learned That Way, And Started Liking It More And More.

With Social Media, So Many People Have Anxiety And Depression Because Of It. Of Course Technology Is Somewhat Good, But It Can Present So Many Issues; More And More We're Seeing What That's Causing, And It's Even Leading To Deaths. I Just Got Finished Doing A Documentary Called Anx With Children Talking About Anxiety And Recognizing Their Emotions And Understanding Them Better. We Need To Let Kids Know It's Ok To Not Be Ok. And We Need To Help Them Be Comfortable Talking About It.

Coming Into Tonight, I Knew It Was Going To Be A Great Race, ... In The 400, Laszlo Put Up A 4:10.1 Earlier In The Year, And So You Expect Him To Put Up A Good Time In (the 200). I Knew Ryan Was Going To Be Fast Coming Off His Short Course Season, And He's Improved A Lot Since Athens, So I Just Wanted To Go Out There And Relax A Bit And Go Out There And Do What I Had To Do.