Quotes from Caeleb Dressel

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 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'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 don't very much care for the spotlight.

For me to have my little stamp on the sport, of course it's special.

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

Your whole life boils down to a moment that will take 20-40 seconds. How crazy is that? And it's every four years. I wouldn't tell myself that during the meet, but it's terrifying. A lot of it boils down to a very precise moment in the universe, and that just happens to be the Olympics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have to manage my emotions.