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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

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’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.

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

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