Quotes from Caeleb Dressel

I'm really good at hiding my emotions.

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.

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

If you don't have to worry about money or how you'll travel to a swim meet, that's so nice to not have that stress. You can just train.

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

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

If I try to be fast then I'm no good, so it's better just to shut everything off and let instinct take over.

One thing I learned from my older brothers is there's two sides to everything.

I understand people's interest in my career.

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

You become Team U.S.A. when you're teaching some of the girls to play poker or you're getting food someplace in Hawaii together. It's the stupid little moments, it's not the big moments that are caught on cameras, it's the stuff you guys don't see. And that's what makes this team so unique.

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

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

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

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.

Look, I'm going to turn on the TV to watch LeBron. I don't care if he's better than Jordan. He's amazing at what he does. Why does it matter if he's better than MJ or not?

I've kind of developed an attitude where sometimes you've got to relax and you've got to go with the flow.

I don't I don't really care what people expect me to do at these Games. It's all about me. It might sound a little selfish, but it's what I want to accomplish and reaching my potential. Everything else, everybody else's opinion, they can kick rocks.

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

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

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

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