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You know, you pick and choose your battles.
Ryan Lochte
Choose
,
Pick
,
Battles
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.
Ryan Lochte
Yourself
,
Hard
,
Black
After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.
Ryan Lochte
Good
,
After
,
Put
I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?
Ryan Lochte
Happen
,
Gonna
,
Olympics
I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.
Ryan Lochte
Enjoy
,
Since
,
Racing
I hate to lose. I like winning.
Ryan Lochte
Hate
,
Winning
,
Lose
I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.
Ryan Lochte
Might
,
Pink
,
Wear
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?'
Ryan Lochte
Time
,
Dad
,
School
I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.
Ryan Lochte
Time
,
Good
,
Training
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.
Ryan Lochte
Food
,
Else
,
Actually
I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.
Ryan Lochte
Change
,
After
,
Knew
I took my weight training to a new level.
Ryan Lochte
Training
,
Took
,
Level
I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.
Ryan Lochte
Change
,
Happy
,
Wanted
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.
Ryan Lochte
Fashion
,
After
,
Big
I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.
Ryan Lochte
Focus
,
Speed
,
Starts
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.
Ryan Lochte
Life
,
Change
,
Nothing
If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.
Ryan Lochte
Break
,
Meant
,
Olympics
It felt good to actually have a decent swim.
Ryan Lochte
Good
,
Actually
,
Felt
Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.
Ryan Lochte
Work
,
Hard
,
Wait
My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.
Ryan Lochte
Water
,
Air
,
Suit
The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.
Ryan Lochte
Forward
,
Moving
,
Big
I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.
Ryan Lochte
Through
,
Water
,
Second
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.
Ryan Lochte
Trying
,
Trouble
,
Stuff
I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.
Ryan Lochte
Work
,
Best
,
Hard
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.
Ryan Lochte
Time
,
Mom
,
Done
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American
Type:
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Born:
August 3
, 1984
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