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Everyone is getting prepared for this, to win the gold medal. I am among them: I want to win the medal.

I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.

I really want to win a medal and would want to win gold. It's my fire and fuel, life and dream, everything.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.

And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward.

I want to win medals for myself.

The title 'black swimmer' makes it seem like I am not supposed to be able to win a gold medal, I am not supposed to be able to break the Olympic record, and that is not true, as I work as hard as anybody else, and I love the sport, and I want to win, just like everybody else.

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.