- Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives, but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's?
- Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
- I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next.
- I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
- The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
- I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.
- I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.
- When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things.
- Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
- I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
- I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.
- For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
- I'm still swimming.
- I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.
- I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
- [2012 autobiography This Is Me] For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women, I love children and aspire to have a family one day.
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