My generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.

The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

We're the generation that says 60 is the new 30. We don't let the numbers shape us; we're reshaping the numbers.

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

I think the Baby Boom does have a tendency to get its nose in everything. The Greatest Generation had a better tendency to leave people alone. Of course, they also had a better tendency to hate everybody's guts.