Ryan Lochte Quotes

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

If you’re a man at night, you’ve got to be a man in the morning.

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'

Always reach for the moon cuz if u slip up u will still be a star!! #Jeah

Pain, tolerance, endurance-when it comes down to that point, there's always something left. You just have to find it.

It's spelled J-E-A-H. If you say it like how it's spelled it's ‘jee-ah.’ But, that's boring; no one wants to hear that. So you have to really put that emphatis [sic] on that ‘J.’ And then the ‘A-H’ kinda just flows.

Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.

I love swimming because racing.

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance.

No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time.

These are my shoes that I designed from top to the very sole to the very top to the bottom. Laces.

You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer.

I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.

I've talked in front of ... like... a lot of big business people about stuff I didn't even know.

Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that. But after the sport of swimming-when it's all said and done-I want to get involved in fashion. I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

Too travel is sometimes better to arrive!

I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.

When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'

I suddenly said, 'I'm sick of losing'. After that, I trained hard and I never lost there again.

It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.

I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.

I hate to lose. I like winning.

I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.

I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out.

I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome.

Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me.

Stay motivated, set goals, have fun

I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.

I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate.

Pain is temporarily, but pride last forever

All you do is pull the pin, and it releases a startling alarm that can get you out of a bad situation.

Of course I have bad hair days; I’m human.

I like girls who really don't care what other people are thinking - girls who are a little goofy. I think that's sexy.

With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.

I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, "Oh my God they have this, I want that."

I think that is why I do so many different things with the hair, the grills, the crazy shoes.It's just my personality coming out there.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.

One thing I won't do: I won't give up on love.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, "I can do this." Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.

My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited.

I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together.

I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

Alec Baldwin is so funny.