Mark Spitz
  • By making a comeback, I'm changing the attitude of people toward me. If I'd known that people would react so enthusiastically, I'd have done it years ago.

  • The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

  • I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

  • I am not qualified to talk about the diet. Simply because I am not a dietician.

  • In my day, at 12 years old, which was 38 years ago, we worked out in summer months for two and a half hours. Today someone in that age group might work out for four hours, two hours in the morning and two at night.