We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We’ll take that for right now.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming – to give it some personality.

It takes a lot more out of you racing in the finals. I think it’s definitely a lot different from the trials, a whole lot more emotionally draining.

The last 20 meters weren’t very good, they didn’t feel good,

If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medallist.

When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of four guys from the American record 800 free relay is a pretty...

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

This was a dream come true for me, … Ever since I was a little kid, I was dreaming of this. But when I saw Erik over there, it was even more incredible.

We wanted to secure the top spot, we wanted to be safe on the relay takeoffs, … The biggest thing is we wanted to give those guys tonight the middle lane. We expect a fast...

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

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

I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it’s a pretty decent swim, … I knew I was under world record pace. You could tell by...

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...

When we have a home crowd like this and the excitement that we have, it carries us a long way, … We knew it was going to be tough. The Aussies weren’t going to roll...

I was really hurting pretty bad the final 75 meters, I was definitely in pain, … My body has been beaten up pretty good in the last three months.

I’ve always been fortunate in that I’ve been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I’m lucky to be that way.

When the Australians walked out, the crowd went nuts, and when we walked out, the crowd went even more nuts. I can’t describe how amazing that was. Three thousand people were here rooting for the...

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

I looked over and I thought ‘Oh, man, I’ve got Roland again?’

The first 100-yards felt real good and I knew I had a good pace going. It feels good hearing the crowd and really gets you going. Just want to thank them for all the help.

It was very tough doubling up but I’ve got no regrets. I was just destroyed (in the 100m) but I just wanted to put that race behind me.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

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...

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...

He just got out of the 100m fly, so I had a little advantage. But you know he’s going to put something together.

Folks between the ages of 25 and 54, households with children, households with a median income of $73,000, that’s our target demographic.

Bob and I have gotten into it a number, number of times.

I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.

I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

In 2003, I was in the best shape that I’ve ever been in my entire life. Last summer was something that I’d always dreamt of, … This doesn’t even compare to those meets. It’s almost...

I’m a little worried about the work. It’s a big step up from high school.

A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the news people don’t get.

You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Bob has clearly stated that he’s dropping the bomb on me, … Hopefully we can change a few things in the upcoming year and improve on this.

We wanted to split our relays up and see what would happen, … It was a good way to end the meet.

I’m satisfied in a way because it was an eye-opener,

We wanted to try something new to get more attention from the average Joe. Hopefully, everyone likes it and it will attract new fans to the sport.

People really expect to get news and information for free. They get it free on TV, they get it free on the web, and there’s no reason they shouldn’t get it free in the newspaper.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.

It’s great for us coming off an Olympics to have a team like this.

She called to lure him out.

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.

It’s kind of a weird change, coming from Baltimore to Ann Arbor because its so much smaller. I like bigger towns better.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

With everything that’s been going on, it’s probably a decent swim for right now.

I don’t like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn’t going anywhere.

That’s an indication I’m sort of starting to fade.

He got remarried and went on his way and did his thing and we did our thing.

The things I am doing right now I have dreamt about my whole life,