This thing between them, this bond—it wasn’t just passion, and it wasn’t wicked. It was love, and it was divine.
Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?
I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself
Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the way, I'm just teaching some of the small things I've been able to learn - and passing that onto the younger generation. Small things like turning your faucet off when you brush your teeth, not taking a 30-minute shower when you really don't need to. So I want to teach the younger generation to spread the message and make a difference. I'm almost more excited to do this than I was to swim.
With social media, so many people have anxiety and depression because of it. Of course technology is somewhat good, but it can present so many issues; more and more we're seeing what that's causing, and it's even leading to deaths. I just got finished doing a documentary called Anx with children talking about anxiety and recognizing their emotions and understanding them better. We need to let kids know it's OK to not be OK. And we need to help them be comfortable talking about it.
If you want to help people, if you care, go to the cities. The city is where the pain is the greatest - and the cities are a hell of a lot of fun if you like art, movies and plays.
I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.
It's embarrassing to go through any rebellious stage in front of people that you love and respect, and yet I'm glad I did.
If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull.