This is probably the tamest group of breaststrokers we've had in a while.

It's always going to raise suspicion if we get to Beijing and they haven't done anything for three years and all of a sudden we've got names that we've never heard of showing up in the finals.

Look at the way breaststrokers stand. When kids come out of the womb they are either breaststrokers or they aren't. [Breaststrokers need] a lot of hip flexibility and ankle flexibility and knee strength, and those with a wide, duck-type stance can take advantage of that more normally than someone who is a straight-on walker.

We keep waiting for (the Chinese) to break through. Maybe they're waiting for surprising us at the 2008 Olympics. We've got to keep an eye on the Chinese swimmers.

What he's doing is the right thing to figure out what he's really strong at. He knows the rest of the world is catching up to him. Eventually, he's going to have to come down to two or three events.

It's good for him not to be successful all the time. That will be better for him in the long run.