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Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.

The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.

We can't all win Olympic medals. Even I never won one.

If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.