John Ringer Quotations

The adrenaline was pumping at states. Once I hit the water, it was just go.

The 100 breast, I've just been doing it forever. That's my stroke.

I've been swimming since junior high, and I've always liked pushing myself to beat my time. It's one of those sports, it's the nicest people you ever meet in your life. There's no politics in it.

So when you hit the big meets (at the end of the season), you're ready to go. That's the plan, anyway.

It's a big issue for me. We're youth and we see older people forgetting what happened in Vietnam. We don't want that to happen to us. I'm 17 years old, I'll be 18 next month; I can go over to Iraq and get a gun shot at me. I think I have the right to voice my opinion out here.