This Is The First Medal

When I'm Focused, There Is Not One Single Thing, Person, Anything That Can Stand In The Way Of My Doing Something. There Is Not. If I Want Something Bad Enough, I Feel I'm Gonna Get There.

We Need To Make Seeing A Therapist More Accessible; We've Got To Crack Down On This And Allow People The Opportunity To Seek Help. It's Going To Be A Game-changer. I Would Love People To Become More Vulnerable And Reach Out And Ask For Help. I Would Never Want Somebody To Go Through The Feelings I Had, Almost Exactly Three Years Ago, Of Not Wanting To Be Alive. That's A Scary Thing, And To Think Of Where I Am Today Compared To That - That's Way Bigger Than Winning A Gold Medal.

I Have Reached A Place In My Life Where I Need To Sit Down And Say, 'well, What Do I Do? What's Best For Me?' I Need To Look Into Options For The Future.

And, You Know, Being Able To Wear The Stars And Stripes, When You Step Up On One Of The Blocks Or, You Know, When You Step Off Of An Airplane Or When You Hear The National Anthem Play, You Know, It's One Of The Greatest Feelings In The World Because You Know That There Are People At Home Who Are Supporting You And Watching You.

Coming Into Tonight, I Knew It Was Going To Be A Great Race, ... In The 400, Laszlo Put Up A 4:10.1 Earlier In The Year, And So You Expect Him To Put Up A Good Time In (the 200). I Knew Ryan Was Going To Be Fast Coming Off His Short Course Season, And He's Improved A Lot Since Athens, So I Just Wanted To Go Out There And Relax A Bit And Go Out There And Do What I Had To Do.