Ryan Lochte Quotations | Page 2

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I knew he was here tonight. I tapped him in the gut when I was walking over to the starting blocks.

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.

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.