A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the news people don't get.

People were spooked by hurricane Katrina, and understandably so, ... It was not only a national news story, but with so many evacuees in Houston, it became very salient to people here. That's the reason why everybody decided to be very cautious.

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

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.