Ryan Lochte Quotes

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.'

- Ryan Lochte

My Life, Like, Going, Oh My God

My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid.

- Ryan Lochte

Practice, Every Day, Dad, Kicked

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

College, Year, Olympic, Senior Year

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

- Ryan Lochte

Choose, Know, Pick, Pick And Choose

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

Mom, Matter, Olympic, World Record

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

- Ryan Lochte

Fact, Want, Actually, Autograph

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.'

- Ryan Lochte

Kid, Looked, Olympian, Autograph

When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.

- Ryan Lochte

Every Day, Candy, Sure, McDonald

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, Out, Air, Parachute

I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.

- Ryan Lochte

Always, Comments, Read, Public Eye

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Dancing, Idea, Had, Surgery

Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother's 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he'd never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head.

- Ryan Lochte

Birthday, Doing, Big, Climbed

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

- Ryan Lochte

Relationship, Rest, Everyone, Mate

You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold.

- Ryan Lochte

Pretty, Sold, Honestly, Make Me Laugh

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

- Ryan Lochte

Top, Pretty, Off, Abe

No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.

- Ryan Lochte

Love, Think, Always, Train

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

- Ryan Lochte

Growing, Better, High School, Swimmer

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

- Ryan Lochte

Go, Get, Honestly, Aggravated

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

Chips, Candy, Healthier, Everything Else

My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins.

- Ryan Lochte

Pretty, Veins, Whole, Runs

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

- Ryan Lochte

Now, Break, Meant, Meant To Be

If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds.

- Ryan Lochte

Want, Like, Could, Superpower

I surround myself with people who really understand and love me. I think that's the best thing I can do.

- Ryan Lochte

Love, Think, I Think, Surround

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

- Ryan Lochte

In The Past, Couple, Worn, Designed

In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.

- Ryan Lochte

Living, Always, Fullest, Living Life

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

Racing, Race, Trained, Stroke

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Banana, Will, Jumping, Weirdest

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

- Ryan Lochte

Awesome, Couple, Times, Hung

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Taste, I Think, Half, Cuban

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Chance, Give, Like, Brunette

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

- Ryan Lochte

Prepare, United States, Hopefully

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

Big, My Own, Hang, Designing

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

Think, Some, I Think, Outcome

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

Best, Back, Been, To Be Honest

A player is someone - a guy - that messes with girls' emotions just to try and get what they want. I've been asked, 'Do you consider yourself a player?' And the answer is no. I don't think I'm anywhere near that.

- Ryan Lochte

Think, Been, Messes, Near

If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.

- Ryan Lochte

Lose, Why, Other, Keeps

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

- Ryan Lochte

Forward, Big, Olympics, Keep Moving Forward

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

- Ryan Lochte

Night, Gotta, Be A Man, Philosophy

I'm at a point where I'm ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt.

- Ryan Lochte

Girl, Settle, Though, Hurt

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

- Ryan Lochte

Me, Want, Different, Outlet

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Burn, Pretty, Affect, Calories

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

Good, Training, Right, Endurance

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

- Ryan Lochte

Listening, Like, Motown, Oldies

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

Think, Through, Tied, Rushing

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?

- Ryan Lochte

Swimming, Small, Big, NFL

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

Think, Weekend, I Think, Swim

It felt good to actually have a decent swim.

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Decent, Actually, Felt, Swim

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

- Ryan Lochte

Want, Big, My Own, Big Family

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

Pretty, Line, Hours, Paying

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Over, My Own, Very, Clothing

There's people out there that are like, 'Oh my God, I want to have your kid. I want to marry you.' People that I've never even met. That's sweet. It's funny.

- Ryan Lochte

Kid, Want, Like, Oh My God

I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?

- Ryan Lochte

Happen, How, Tie, Olympics

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

My Life, Living, Been, Olympics

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

Always, Like, Mischief, Rocks

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

Wait, Like, Hours, Pool

I'm definitely laid back. I don't take things so seriously.

- Ryan Lochte

Take, Laid, Definitely, Seriously

I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.

- Ryan Lochte

I Remember, Been, Very, Contest

Alec Baldwin is so funny.

- Ryan Lochte

Funny, Alec

The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.

- Ryan Lochte

Family, Energy, Whole, Bunch

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

- Ryan Lochte

Little Things, Doing, Going, Turns

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

- Ryan Lochte

Swimming, See, Involved, Sport

There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.

- Ryan Lochte

Dancing, Like, Hang, Swimming

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

- Ryan Lochte

Good, Know, Player, Athlete

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

- Ryan Lochte

Independent, Own, Need, Turn-On

I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.

- Ryan Lochte

Happy, Some, Turned, Some Things

I took my weight training to a new level.

- Ryan Lochte

New, Took, New Level, Training

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

- Ryan Lochte

Think, Other, I Think, Goofy

I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people.

- Ryan Lochte

Think, Maybe, I Think, Optimistic

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.

- Ryan Lochte

Love, Doing, Been, Entire Life

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

- Ryan Lochte

Dress, Like, Set, Everyone Else

You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.

- Ryan Lochte

Perfect, Still, Would, Literally

Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.

- Ryan Lochte

Love, Big, Head, Love Me

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

- Ryan Lochte

Me, Going, Come, Date

I want to get to know a woman before I take them out on a date or anything like that.

- Ryan Lochte

Woman, Before, Take, Date

I hate to lose. I like winning.

- Ryan Lochte

Hate, Lose, Like, Winning

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

- Ryan Lochte

Think, Might, I Think, Pink

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