“Somewhere a swimmer is given the same choices during practice that you get. You will be in a heat with that swimmer. The one making the best choices will have the best chance to come out on top.”

“At the start of each day, I remind myself, my toughest opponent is in the mirror.” – Ryan Lachte

“The future ain’t what it used to be.” – Yogi Berra

“I’ll be thinking about my bubbles while others are eating them.”

“I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.” – Ian Thorpe

One evening, an old Shawnee Indian man told his grandson about the battle that happens inside of an individual.
He said, "Inside us all, there is a battle between two wolves.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"
The old man simply replied,
"The one you feed."

“For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” – Rudyard Kipling

"Failure fixed by others leaves you weakened; mistakes you overcome on your own empower you."--ASCA Hall of Fame Coach Don Swartz

"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else." --J.M. Barrie

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure. – Tommy Lasorda