If you're fail to prepare, you're prepared to fail..

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go.

I'm trying to do the best I can. I'm not concerned with tomorrow, but with what goes on today..

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency..

I swam my brains out..

I got beat real hard and heavy in the Olympic Games in 1968 by a guy who swam an incredible race one time in his whole life, but he did it right at t….

I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician..

If you want to be Mark Spitz then go for it. If you want to be Michael Phelps then you'll have to work for it. Nobody should wake up to a lower expec….

There's a difference between over-training and over-exercising. Over-training can be you're trying to do something at high performance, but when you'….

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still.

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success..

If you have a lane, you have a chance..

(American swimmer, 1972 Summer Olympics, on winning seven gold medals Inspirational) I swam my brains out..

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?.

When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it — and everybo….

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high….

I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to ….

Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it..

Everyone loves to be loved..

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that..

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seve….