Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochteis an American competitive swimmer and an 11-time Olympic medalist. His seven individual Olympic medals rank near the top in men's swimming. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter individual medley, and the 400-meter individual medley...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth3 August 1984
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins.
I'm very competitive. I remember being 4 years old trying to out-chug my dad in a milk-chugging contest. It's been in my blood.
If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.
No matter what I'm doing, I'm training. I'm training every day and I think that's something I won't lose - no matter what I do, no matter what event I'm at, I always find a way to train. It's just something that I love to do.
A player is someone - a guy - that messes with girls' emotions just to try and get what they want. I've been asked, 'Do you consider yourself a player?' And the answer is no. I don't think I'm anywhere near that.
My dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid.
I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.
It felt good to actually have a decent swim.
If you’re a man at night, you’ve got to be a man in the morning.
Pain, tolerance, endurance-when it comes down to that point, there's always something left. You just have to find it.
My senior year of high school, when I was getting recruited for college, my dad goes to me, 'You can become an Olympic champion.' And that's the first time that I'd heard someone else say that to me. I was like, 'Uh, are you talking to me?'
I love swimming because racing.
I was a little troublemaker. Always trying to get in trouble, always mischief, like throwing rocks at cars when I was younger, all that kind of stuff.
Anything I do, I do with 110 percent. Right now, my biggest goal is the 2016 Olympics. My main focus is that. But after the sport of swimming-when it's all said and done-I want to get involved in fashion. I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.