Quotes from Caeleb Dressel

I have to manage my emotions.

I just tried to find a fine line between muscling in and staying relaxed.

Strength training is an important part of every athlete's training program, but for me it's become almost like a sanctuary.

You can't reach perfection unless you reach zero seconds - it's just the constant chase for perfection.

I've kind of developed an attitude where sometimes you've got to relax and you've got to go with the flow.

I don't I don't really care what people expect me to do at these Games. It's all about me. It might sound a little selfish, but it's what I want to accomplish and reaching my potential. Everything else, everybody else's opinion, they can kick rocks.

But just improving each day, that's just the ultimate goal from now until I'm no longer on this earth.

I've been doing the sport since I was 5 years old. And if I don't have support behind me, it's just a dream and it will not be able to turn into reality.

My lifting routine is designed to develop and maintain explosive strength off the block, so it mainly includes cleans, power cleans, jerks and snatches.

I can't do anything about what other people expect me to do.

I take each event, and I have to learn from it.

For me to have my little stamp on the sport, of course it's special.