I love to swim. When I jump in the water, I feel like I'm 12 years old again. It's really funny how it does that to me.
I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.
God guided me to America and gave me a good job. But he also gave me a heart so I would look back.
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.
Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.
The life of an athlete does have to be lonely and you have to be focused on your craft and what you do. Loneliness is just a sacrifice you make as an Olympic-level athlete.
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through life with a damp rag and an air of exasperation.
I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
I don't have to live the roller coaster other people live with my life. It's hard because people try to have an effect.
I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles.
Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.
I love athletics. As an athlete, I like to believe I can still do the things I used to do when I was once young.
I was always falling in and out of love. I was engaged when I was 16 to the first guy I ever dated, but my father told him I was too young.
I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool.
I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless.
I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!
Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think I'm being too greedy.
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.
When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'
