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I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.

I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.

The best swimmers are the ones that almost don't try the most... It's just about relaxing and enjoying it.

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is.

I think you have to be weird to swim breaststroke.

I don't swim! That's like athletic.

It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go.

Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?

Ever since I did that 57.9 last year, the Americans have been analysing me in detail. You can see on the swimming web pages. They are breaking it down in every detail. How many strokes I take. How quick I am in and out of the wall.

Swimming is probably the ultimate of burnout sports. It's ironic because millions of people who swim as their regular exercise love the meditation aspect of it; you don't wind up with any orthopedic injuries. But when you swim at a world class level for hours and hours - the loneness of the long distance runner.