Troy Brown

I could jump, I was quick, I could catch and all those types of things, but when it came to just flat out speed, that's something I had to work really hard at.

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

We just kept hanging in and fighting.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

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.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.