We knew everybody needed to swim well to finish out so the team could win. We couldn't win without everybody contributing points here and there.

They're going to see how well other teams swim, other people swim. They can only get stronger from swimming against people like that.

We all get loose, relax a bit more, since we're around friends. Taking the team down to state, even though not everybody's going to swim, just having our friends there is going to help.

I actually wanted to be a fireman when I was younger.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I don't like being too serious. I'm the type of person that, if the mike isn't in the right place when I go on, I just move it. Other people, they'll be all frantic. I'm more relaxed.