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Ryan Lochte [1984-0] American
Rank: 101
Athlete, Swimmer


Ryan Steven Lochte is an American competitive swimmer, a 12-time Olympic medalist, which ranks him second in swimming behind Michael Phelps. His seven individual Olympic medals rank near the top in men's swimming. 

Food, Birthday, Chance, Dad, Design, Funny, Mom, Morning, Relationship, Sports



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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. Food
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The big picture is the Trials and Olympics. I just have to keep focused for that, keep moving forward.
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I started eating healthier. I actually gave up fast food. I gave up candy and potato chips and everything else. I started watching what I ate. Food
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If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds.
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I try not to read the negative comments, and when I do, I let it roll off my back. I remind myself that there will always be haters as long as you are in the public eye.
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In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.
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Not to have a big head about it, but people love me.
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I'm not jealous of anybody, because I'm going to live my life the way I want to live it. I'm not going to be like, 'Oh my God they have this, I want that.'
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I surround myself with people who really understand and love me. I think that's the best thing I can do.
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I believe everyone has a soul mate that they can spend the rest of their life together. Relationship
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It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.
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I might wear my pink Speedo. I think I should.
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My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning. Morning
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I like girls who really don't care what other people are thinking - girls who are a little goofy. I think that's sexy.
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With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.
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There's people out there that are like, 'Oh my God, I want to have your kid. I want to marry you.' People that I've never even met. That's sweet. It's funny. Funny
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Just all that hard work, all those hours in the pool, I feel like it's about to pay off. I guess we'll just have to wait and see this summer.
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You know, you pick and choose your battles.
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I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport. Sports
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It's not like I'm looking for a blonde or a brunette, light-skinned or dark-skinned. I feel like I give any girl a fighting chance. Chance
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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.
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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?' Dad
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My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out.
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I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.
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If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.
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I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.
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No matter what, like, I couldn't - I could break a world record, get an Olympic gold medal, and my mom would be, like, you could have done better. But you looked pretty. That's what she says all the time. Mom
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I've always been honest with all my kids. So I - if they did well, they did well. And if they didn't, actually, I asked, did you try your best? And if they tried their best, then, you know, I back out because I expect them to be honest with me or with themselves. And I can't make you go out there and work out hard.
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There's so much more to me than swimming. I like to go and have fun, like to go dancing, hang out with my friends.
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Every year before a big competition, I get hurt doing stuff I should not be doing. One year it was my little brother's 12th birthday. We all played hide-and-seek late at night. I climbed up a 30-foot tree, thinking he'd never catch me. I tripped and fell on one of the branches and I hit my head. Birthday
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I tore up my knee break dancing. I have no idea how that happened. Apparently these legs are meant for swimming, but not dancing. I was watching an MTV video, thinking, 'I can do this.' Definitely not. I heard a pop. I sat down and it blew up like a watermelon. I had to go to the hospital and get surgery.
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You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.
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You know, honestly, if a girl can make me laugh, I'm pretty much sold.
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I think maybe I'm just a little too optimistic? I hope for the best in every situation and want to see the good in people.
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I'm at a point where I'm ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt.
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I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.
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I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.
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Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.
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I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.
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Something will pop up in my head. It could be like the weirdest thing. Like all'a sudden like I have like a jumping banana in my head.
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When I was a kid, I looked up to an Olympian superstar. I won't mention his name but when I asked for his autograph he said, 'no.'
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I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.
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Things are moving pretty quick, and of course, the whole focus is training and getting ready and being able to prepare to be on the world's stage and hopefully do the United States proud.
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I'm going to focus on speed, doing little things like my turns and my starts - just speed.
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I hate to lose. I like winning.
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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.
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If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.
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I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.
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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.
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I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete.
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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.
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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.
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My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins.
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Of course I have bad hair days; I'm human.
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I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.
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I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.
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The whole Kardashian family, they have a bunch of energy.
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I want to get to know a woman before I take them out on a date or anything like that.
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I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.
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I have a lot of endurance and I have a good background right now in my training and it's time to get ready.
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The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?
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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.
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I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.
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It felt good to actually have a decent swim.
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I am at the Olympics, I forgot to tie my suit, how is this gonna happen?
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I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.
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I took my weight training to a new level.
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I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.
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I love working out. I mean, I've been doing it for about 20 years every day of my entire life. So I enjoy working out.
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I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.
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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. Design
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If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.
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I'm definitely laid back. I don't take things so seriously.
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I've hung out with Jay-Z a couple of times, and he was awesome.
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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.
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The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.
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Going out to look for a date, I don't have to do that. They come to me.
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Alec Baldwin is so funny.
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