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 dad was my swim coach growing up, and I tried to get kicked out of practice every day. I was a little devil kid.
When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure.
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.
I can't eat beans - all beans. I think because I'm half Cuban. So growing up, we were always eating black beans and rice, and I think I just said, 'Enough with it,' and I can't even stand to taste it anymore.
I tapped him in the gut when I was walking over to the starting blocks. I'm just going to feed off this the rest of the meet because what I swam tonight was pretty fast for me.
It feels great. I had my family, my team, everyone supporting me.
Traveling over here, it was tough getting used to the time change. Usually, the first day is always the hardest for me to get used to. I just brushed it off of last night and got focused for my events.
If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds.
My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.
I surround myself with people who really understand and love me. I think that's the best thing I can do.
We had our minds set on it all year. I'm glad I could go out and accomplish these goals.
I've been training really hard this year, more than any other year. My mind was set on it, and after the first one, I just kept feeding off of it.
It felt good to actually have a decent swim.
I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.