These are my shoes that I designed from top to the very sole to the very top to the bottom. Laces. Ryan Lochte More Quotes by Ryan Lochte More Quotes From Ryan Lochte If you’re a man at night, you’ve got to be a man in the morning. Ryan Lochte morning men night 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. Ryan Lochte mom gold would-be Always reach for the moon cuz if u slip up u will still be a star!! #Jeah Ryan Lochte cuz stars moon I suddenly said, 'I'm sick of losing'. After that, I trained hard and I never lost there again. Ryan Lochte sick losing lost It's spelled J-E-A-H. If you say it like how it's spelled it's ‘jee-ah.’ But, that's boring; no one wants to hear that. So you have to really put that emphatis [sic] on that ‘J.’ And then the ‘A-H’ kinda just flows. Ryan Lochte boring flow want 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. Ryan Lochte bananas pops jumping 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?' Ryan Lochte senior dad school Pain, tolerance, endurance-when it comes down to that point, there's always something left. You just have to find it. Ryan Lochte endurance tolerance pain I love swimming because racing. Ryan Lochte i-love-swimming swimming racing You can tell a great athlete by, like, not how many times he wins, unlike when he loses. Because that's what is gonna make a swimmer. Ryan Lochte swimmer athlete winning 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. Ryan Lochte always-trying rocks car Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well. Ryan Lochte top-hats my-favorite president I've talked in front of ... like... a lot of big business people about stuff I didn't even know. Ryan Lochte bigs stuff people 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.' Ryan Lochte superstar names kids 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. Ryan Lochte swimming fashion sports Too travel is sometimes better to arrive! Ryan Lochte sometimes I don't know if I'm a good kickball player; I know I'm a good athlete. Ryan Lochte athlete player knows 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. Ryan Lochte clothing-line swimming fashion I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom. Ryan Lochte grew-up mom listening 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. Ryan Lochte growing-up black thinking