I Think Goals Should Never Be Easy,

If I Bring Back Only One Gold People Are Going To Say It's A Disappointment. But Not Too Many Of Them Own An Olympic Gold Medal So If I Get One I'm Going To Be Happy.

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.

I'm Fortunate To Have An Amazing, Strong Mother Who Is So Supportive Of Everything Me And My Sisters Did Growing Up - But She Was Someone Who Never Forced Us To Go Swim Or To Go Do This Or That. She Helped Us Think About Certain Consequences When We Needed To, But We Made Our Own Decisions. I Think If I Were Forced To Swim, I Wouldn't Have Stayed In The Pool As Long As I Did.

I Want To Test My Maximum And See How Much I Can Do. And I Want To Change The World Of Swimming.

People Say To Me, 'you're So Lucky. You Get To See The World.' But I Don't. I Go To The Hotel And To The Pools And Back Again. That's It.