Top 66 Caeleb Dressel Quotes

I’m not like a social butterfly or anything, but I just miss seeing even my friends.

Strength training is an important part of every athlete’s training program, but for me it’s become almost like a sanctuary.

As soon as the whistle blows, something triggers me.

People want to dream up this big, giant goal without putting the stepping stones along the way, and for me, that’s what gets you to that giant goal.

I didn’t want to learn the butterfly because it’s hard. I got it right away, but I didn’t want to do it.

You can’t reach perfection unless you reach zero seconds – it’s just the constant chase for perfection.

Fifth place is unacceptable for U.S.A. Swimming. It stings.

But just improving each day, that’s just the ultimate goal from now until I’m no longer on this earth.

I’ve had a couple breakdowns.

I’m trying to show that it doesn’t matter where you are from, even a little town like Green Cove. You can make it.

I knew I was going to have to come with fire, passion and pride in every single race.

For me, it’s just kind of a chase for self-improvement in and out of the water. That’s why I do enjoy the sport.

I take each event, and I have to learn from it.

I like to learn.

It’s really special for me just to have that one little moment where I claimed I was the best in the history of swimming.

I don’t know if you’ll really get to know me unless you’re close to me.

I don’t want to end up leaving the sport early or hating it because I didn’t give myself time to respect the water and I feel like the water has always respected me. I would like to prioritize myself a little bit more instead of swimming.

I don’t come to meets to count medals. It’s not what I do. It’s just really for me.

My lifting routine is designed to develop and maintain explosive strength off the block, so it mainly includes cleans, power cleans, jerks and snatches.

I just tried to find a fine line between muscling in and staying relaxed.

I don’t mind the sun at all, I like it.

I don’t very much care for the spotlight.

I’ve got pimples on my face, I’m losing some hair.

I pick and choose when I like to have my moments.

This sport was a lot more fun when no one knew my name, to be honest.

I like to race. I like to compete.

During the race there’s only so much you can do. Whatever’s going to happen is going to happen.

I hope the feeling of standing up on the podium winning gold will never get old.

I probably sound like a broken record every time I do a race, but I always look for the bad. That’s just kind of how I work.

I can’t do anything about what other people expect me to do.

Swimming’s been a part of my life very much so since around age 4, and I never really dropped it.

I understand people’s interest in my career.

It takes a lot of people. I would not swim if it was just me. If I didn’t have any teammates, I couldn’t stay in a pool for two hours, twice a day, nine times a week. I can’t do that. And I’m fine with admitting that. I couldn’t do this by myself.

It’s not my goal to beat anybody in particular, it’s about achieving what I think my potential is.

I don’t want to be some hotshot. I’m not about that.

I get to do the fun part which is racing. I get to enjoy the race… I don’t need a piece of medal to remind me of that.

I want to have a diploma to hang on my wall. Even if I don’t use it, I can say I graduated from UF.

The Olympics are different, I’ll admit that now and stop lying to myself.

I never eat a lot before I get in the water because I don’t want to, you know.

It can be a scary thought to do something that’s never been done before.

I would certainly love to be playing Mario Kart up until the wee hours, but sometimes I’ve just got to call it quits.

Practice does take a lot out of me mentally because I have to be on it for every stroke, every turn, every breakout. Anything I do, I want to be as focused as I can, so by the time practice is done, I’m kind of physically and mentally fried.

I think greatness is found within mundanity, those boring little ticks throughout the day.

I love meatloaf so much.

I always say a prayer before the blocks – it helps calm me down.

I know this stuff really does sound stupid, but this is one of the reasons why I think I’ve seen some success in this sport – the tiny little habits. I really consider being successful in this sport as just dropping pennies in the bank.

I was nervous before races. Every race was not perfect… Every morning when I woke up the first words weren’t always, ‘Oh, I’m so excited.’

I think simple’s good. That’s why I enjoy swimming. It’s very primitive, very simple.

I feel like I fell short in Rio.

I was super insecure in middle school; I didn’t tell anyone I swam because it wasn’t the cool sport to be doing.

I enjoy the sport, I enjoy the challenge that it brings and it certainly does bring that for me and it’s not an easy one.

I don’t think anyone will ever be able to perfect the sport, and that’s kind of what I love about it. You’re always chasing something.

I can be proud of every swim, every effort I put in the water, every mental approach to every single race.

Just because it’s bad doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.

I have to manage my emotions.

I’m really good at hiding my emotions.

For me, it’s about swimming faster. Anything that’s not pertaining to swimming faster is irrelevant to me.

I’ve been doing the sport since I was 5 years old. And if I don’t have support behind me, it’s just a dream and it will not be able to turn into reality.

I wanted swimming to be something that I loved, something that I was motivated to do for myself.

I swear every day I love it more and more. If you want to go 47.0 in a 100 free and you’re 47.1, you have all these years behind you and it comes down to a 47-second race. It can be so brutal sometimes, but that’s the part I like about it.

I can get the physical exercise done with practice and staying in shape. But you’ve got to sharpen the mental side.

If my parents are at the meet, I’ll try to look and just kind of spot them out in the stands.

I love the sport, it brings a lot of obstacles that are hard to overcome.

I don’t want it to be easy, I really don’t.

I’m kind of like a horse: I just kind of eat throughout the day, so I’m not ever hungry.

There’s parts during the meet where it’s not the greatest feeling – the stress that you feel, the pressure I put on myself.