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I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost - it is.

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities.

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 the right time. I'd like to be that guy now. Maybe that's what I'm going to have to pull out of my hat to make the Olympic team.

By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

I wasn't able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200.

Because a known fact is better than an unknown fact.

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 cholesterol.

I walked away from the sport for 17 years, then started swimming again recently in a master's program.

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

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

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.