Top 35 Ryan Lochte Quotes

My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, ‘You can become an Olympic champion.’ And that’s the first time that I’d heard someone else say that to me. I was like, ‘Uh, are you talking to me?’

I’m at a point where I’m ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt.

I’ve always been honest with all my kids. So I – if they did well, they did well. And if they didn’t, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can’t make you go out there and work out hard.

I’m not jealous of anybody, because I’m going to live my life the way I want to live it. I’m not going to be like, ‘Oh my God they have this, I want that.’

A player is someone – a guy – that messes with girls’ emotions just to try and get what they want. I’ve been asked, ‘Do you consider yourself a player?’ And the answer is no. I don’t think I’m anywhere near that.

I need someone who is able to hold her own – if a girl is really independent, that’s a turn-on for me.

I’m definitely laid back. I don’t take things so seriously.

There’s so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.

No matter what, like, I couldn’t – I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That’s what she says all the time.

I’m going to keep living my life the way I’ve been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.

In life, like, I’m always living life to the fullest to always have fun.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

I’m going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts – just speed.

You know, you pick and choose your battles.

If I just swam all day, I’d lose it. That’s why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.

I want to get to know a woman before I take them out on a date or anything like that.

I honestly think if I would’ve tied my suit and there wouldn’t have been any water rushing through it, I think I could’ve gone at least a second faster.

It’s not like I’m looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance.

You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.

Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time – and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.

I don’t know if I’m a good kickball player; I know I’m a good athlete.

Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world’s stage and hopefully do the United States proud.

I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

I want to design my own clothing line. I’m very into fashion. It’s something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all’a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.

I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it’s time to get ready.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I’d be more than happy.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I’ve designed a couple suits for myself that I’ve worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.

Of course I have bad hair days; I’m human.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn’t meant to be.

The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.

I’m very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It’s been in my blood.