“Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since ...” — Eric Shanteau Quote

“Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'”

“There's a lot more to life than just the Olympic Games.”

“I don't know what cancer did to me but I put on probably 10 pounds of muscle and got a lot stronger in the weight room and during our dry-land stuff.”

“There will be no one like me in the history of Olympics, someone who competed in an Olympic final with one international meet.”

“I must refine my training every day to give myself the best opportunity to achieve my dreams during the Olympic Games in Rio.”

“Once I really understood what skating was and what the Olympic really entailed, I knew that's what I wanted to do: I wanted to be there; I wanted to represent the U.S.”