a guy named doug russell beat me. i had this fire in my system to go for another four years. i found it difficult to work out and train, but i had a focus and that was to do the best i could. over the course of whey learned was a mistake of not being able to swim all the events in one competition. i started to do that. the year before in houston, i won the four individual events and broke three and got the solomon award, the best athlete as an amateur in america. i realized i had the capacity to accomplish this at least in theory on paper. thank goodness my coaches encouraged me. >> when you are standing there having won the seventh consecutive goal, putting you into the olympicians, a very rare small number and playing for the seventh time. what is that emotion like? >> i was so happy it was over. >> you must have been exhausted. >> i was because the program started on a monday and continued through the major league monday. over days, i swam every day but friday. i was in the water 13 different times. we had the relimits and the semi finally and what have you. day it was lik

there was a guy named doug russell that beat me. there was a reason i basically had this fire in my system to be able to want to actually go for another four years. i found it kind of difficult to work out and train. but i had a focus it the focus was to do the best i could. and over the course of what i learned was a mistake of not being able to swim all those events in one particular competition, i started to do that. and the year before, in houston, texas, i won the four individual events, broke three world records and got the sullivan award, which was the best athlete as an amateur in america. >> how many miles you swam? >> kind of calculated that out. there were a lot people that swam the same amount i did. what made me a champion -- >> what made you different? >> i hated the idea of losing. i built just one day at a time. i became a world record holder in the 400 meter freestyle. my first world record. i swam with a guy that was my inspiration on the team. and i broke his world record. >> you broke 33 world records, is that ri

so there was a guy name ed doug russel that beat me. i wanted to go for another four years and i found it kind of difficult to work out and train. but i had to focus. the focus was to do the best i could. and over the course of what i learned was a mistake of not being able to swim all of those events in one particular competition. i started to do that. and the year before, in houston, texas, i won the individual events and got the solvent award which was the best athlete amateur in america. so i realized i had the capacity to be able to accomplish this, at least in theory, on paper. and then thank goodness my coaches encouraged me. >> when you're standing there having won the 7th consecutive gold, putting you into a very rare, small number and playing the anthem for the 7th time, what is that emotion like? >> i was so happy it was over. >> it was exhausting, wasn't it? >> it really was. the program started on a monday and continued on through the following monday. so over an eight-day period of time, i swam every single day but friday.

so there was a guy namd doug russel that beat me. i wanted to go for another four years and i found it kind of difficult to work out and train. but i had to focus. the focus was to do the best i could. and over the course of what i learned was a mistake of not being able to swim all of those events in one particular competition. i started to do that. and the year before, in houston, texas, i won thendividual events and got the solvent award which was the best athlete amateur in america. so i realized i had the capacity to be able to accomplish this, at least in theory, on paper. and then thank goodness my coaches encouraged me. >> when you're standing there having won the 7th consecutive gold, putting you into a very rare, small number and playing the anthem for the 7th time, what is that emotion like? i was so happy it was over. >> it was exhausting, wasn't it? >> it really was. the program started on a monday and continued on through the following monday. so over an eight-day period of time, i swam every single day but friday. i wa

there was a guy named doug russell that beat me.here was a reason i basically had this fire in my system to be able to want to actually go for another four years. i found it kind of difficult to work out and train. but i had a focus it the focus was to do the best i could. and over the course of what i learned was a mistake of not being able to swim allthose events in one particular competition, i started to do that. and the year before, in houston, texas, i won the four individual events, broke three world records and got the sullivan award, which was the best athlete as an amateur in america. i realized i had the capacity to be able to accomplish this at least in theory, on paper. thank goodness my coach has encouraged me and i went forward and i was successful. >> when you're standing there having won the seventh consecutive gold, putting you into a pantheon of olympians, very rare small number, and playing the anthem for the seventh time, what is that emotion like? >> i was so happy it was over. >> it must have been exhausting,