A biography for Caeleb Dresselhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't want it to be easy, I really don't.”
“Everything I do in the gym translates to being a better swimmer.”
“I like to race. I like to compete.”
“When I got out of the water in my old routine, I'm just looking for any food in sight to just stuff in my body - just very, very hungry.”
“I hate wearing shirts.”
“I enjoy the sport, I enjoy the challenge that it brings and it certainly does bring that for me and it's not an easy one.”
“Your whole life boils down to a moment that will take 20-40 seconds. How crazy is that? And it's every four years. I wouldn't tell myself that during the meet, but it's terrifying. A lot of it boils down to a very precise moment in the universe, and that just happens to be the Olympics.”
“I can get the physical exercise done with practice and staying in shape. But you've got to sharpen the mental side.”
“If I try to be fast then I'm no good, so it's better just to shut everything off and let instinct take over.”
“Swimming's been a part of my life very much so since around age 4, and I never really dropped it.”
“I swear every day I love it more and more. If you want to go 47.0 in a 100 free and you're 47.1, you have all these years behind you and it comes down to a 47-second race. It can be so brutal sometimes, but that's the part I like about it.”
“I'm pretty over swimming, guys.”
“For me, it's about swimming faster. Anything that's not pertaining to swimming faster is irrelevant to me.”
“I wanted swimming to be something that I loved, something that I was motivated to do for myself.”
“I feel like I fell short in Rio.”
“If you don't have to worry about money or how you'll travel to a swim meet, that's so nice to not have that stress. You can just train.”
“I hope the feeling of standing up on the podium winning gold will never get old.”
“It can be a scary thought to do something that's never been done before.”
“I can be proud of every swim, every effort I put in the water, every mental approach to every single race.”
“I'm really good at hiding my emotions.”