Ryk Neethling Quotations

It's a dream come true for me for her to be here with me. I'm 13 years older than her. When I took part in my first Commonwealth Games she was three year's old. I've dreamt about this day for a long time.

I think she's got confidence now she's seen her own flesh and blood, who's maybe not the most talented swimmer, get to the top through lots of hard work, so she knows it can be done.

I've invited young swimmers to train with me, to see what it takes, ... They see us warm up, see us perform. But they don't see the months and months of training, the mornings when you're so stiff you can't even get out of bed. I want them to see that.

Thorpe will be back, which is good. Swimming is huge in Australia, and me and Roland versus Thorpe is already being built up,

Roland's probably been in Heat more than me, ... I can't believe that people actually want to know what bed linen I buy, or what food eat.

I think it was a huge inspiration. The next morning, we were all walking tall.

The only thing I regret is not returning earlier.

The win had a huge impact on us. The next morning we were all walking tall. My little sister is on the team and a little unsure of herself here, as are some of the younger swimmers. I told her that she should look at what the cricket team did. Anything is possible, you don't know what you can do or what can happen.

It's been a huge inspiration for us and we've been walking tall around the athletes' village over the last couple of days.

It's been a tough month with the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. I had a bad meet so this win felt very good after that.