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When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream.

It was a dream come true for me to be at the Olympics.

Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.

Getting to the Olympics was, has always been, my swimming dream since I was 8 or 9 years old. You know, right after I started swimming it was, 'I want to make an Olympic team. That's where I want to be.'

It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.

Like every other athlete, I always dreamt of playing at the Olympics, and it feels really good to see that dream materialize.

I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old.

It was a dream of mine to be an Olympic champion but not a lifelong goal.

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.