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You know, I think that’s something that we all need to understand and it’s okay to ask for help. I think a lot of us look at, especially Americans, look at it as a sign of weakness if we reach our hand out and ask for help, at the end of the day, look, we want to be the best that we can be, and sometimes we can’t do it alone.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Continuing to teach kids water safety is a huge importance. I mean, it’s a big part with my son now as well. Just making sure everyone is safe around the pool, especially now being in the summer, i think too many kids are drowning and it’s something that we need to change and help.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I mean I’ll go and swim from time to time just to kind of decompress and get away, but I don’t miss the grind of that. I mean, it’s probably easier than doing what I’m doing now, i would say training for the Olympics is easier than living a normal life where I’m outside of the pool most of the time.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It was honestly just something I’ve always wanted to do, being in the water with a shark, whether it’s in a cage, or just swimming freely in the ocean. … Having the chance to literally see these animals up close and personal in their home, it topped so many things that I’ve done -- just being able to see how they truly are.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We were able to add some help with the monofin, and being able to have a wetsuit gave a little bit of help towards me, i think the odds are pretty stacked in the shark’s favor, but you guys will have to wait and see, to see what happens.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We’ve had this problem for how many Olympics now? It seems every time it’s something that comes up, it’s sad. That’s really what it is. It’s really sad that we can’t control it, that somebody who is in charge cannot control this.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
You can tell she is very goal oriented, and for me it brought me back to kind of what I was like way, way, way back in the day, every time she gets in the water, it's like a world record, so she is improving so much and I think she is just trying to push that barrier.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I do understand that I have to swim faster to have a chance to win the gold medal, i've trusted that man since I was 11 years old, and it's not going to stop.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This time around, I just want to be able to help some of the younger guys, just being able to help them just kind of stay in their relaxed zone, not get worked up because it is the Olympics.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I feel older, my muscles aren't the same, they hurt a lot worse this morning but this is the grind time for me over the next couple of days, just try to get as much rest as I can and recover the best I can.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I've been in the sport a long time and just being able to finish how I want to is so important to me and getting on this team is what I wanted to do.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I didn't feel good the first two swims, didn't really feel good tonight but getting on the team was the most important thing and that was the only thing I had to do tonight, i tried to take it out and just prayed to God I was going to be able to hang on.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I was like, 'Wow, I'm the only 30-year-old swimming in this event', that's awesome, and in two days I will be 31.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I think for us being as strong of a swimming country as we are, I think there's probably more pressure at Trials than the Games, we have almost 2,000 people here, and a maximum of 52 will make the team, so it's a pretty small chance.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It was really hard to keep motivated going into 2012 and it is the exact opposite now. I feel like a kid again, I am happy doing what I'm doing.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This is my last chance to do it (right) and I want to do it the way I should have done it in 2012, i think if I were to look back 20 years later at London, I would have been disappointed in myself, that I let myself down for how I prepared.
Found on Reuters 7 years ago
When I say this is my last one, this is my last one, if I go to Rio and don't final, I'm probably going to be a little pissed, but that's what I had. I think I'll be able to accept it.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was really hard to keep me in the pool and to keep me motivated going into 2012, this is my last chance to do it.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We haven't really seen much progression in this event over the last couple of years, i came into tonight wanting to do 1:57 and I did it. I'm not sure what's going to happen over the next year, but I'm just happy to do that( 1:57) because I think it's going to help me a lot in the 100.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s just frustrating not setting Michael Phelps up like I should have, what I want most is to be racing the competition I need to be racing. I want to race Ryan and those guys. It’s frustrating falling short.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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