Throughout our travels in the past 2 years, we’ve accumulated quite the collection of “classic” quotes; some from us, some from the swimmers themselves. Check out the ever-growing list!
"How's that site goin' for ya?"
Ryan Lochte
"Is it Chuck Norris or Morris?"
Jenny
"Working?"
Michael Phelps
"Wow, that's presumptuous"
Davis Tarwater
"I keep it real"
Peter Vanderkaay
"The cracker has spoken"
Peter Vanderkaay
"Gonna watch a little swimmin'?"
Ryan Lochte
"What's a brillo pad?"
Jenny
"Yea right! Like I'm gonna share a sundae with somebody!"
Shannen
"I am damned handsome...shit"
Davis Tarwater
"How's he cooler? NO WAY!"
Ryan Lochte
"No, no, no...look at me...you're fired!"
Mojito
"I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed if you haven't noticed"
Little Tarwater
"I thought Nati Light was a Cincinnati thing!"
Jenny
"How old was I when I was 7?"
Kiwi
"My sister went off-roading in it..."
Michael Phelps
"I feel like something was stolen from me"
Peter Vanderkaay
"My mom rocks"
Peter Vanderkaay
"What, they just chopped my head off?!"
Ryan Lochte
"I fully understand the kind of genius that can come as a result of a long night of drinking."
Davis Tarwater
"Keep boozin'"
Davis Tarwater
"I didn't want to miss the dinner van"
Peter Vanderkaay
"I be feelin' it"
Peter Vanderkaay
"I deal with drunk chicks all the time"
Davis Tarwater
"So basically I was like shut the f&^% up, I like Lean Cuisines!"
Jenny
"There were just a few people at the bar. What I mean by that is that there were 7."
Jenny
"Who was I talking to about a giant clock in the sky?"
Jenny
"Are you sick? Because you're talking too much!"
Gifford
"I see you're thirsty."
Gifford
"You sly one, you."
Ryan Lochte
"DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT!"
Dallas Mustangs
"That's it girls, it's ok to show enthusiasm!"
Announcer at Nationals
"I can't tell you my name because of the Facebook stalkers."
A Swimmer
"I don't use verbs."
Carrie
"That's what Alex says."
Kim
"It's Bad Boy, bitch"
Suz
"I'm afraid I might offend someone."
Peter Vanderkaay
"Be safe, girls!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"The reason she [Kris] likes people out of her league is because that's basically everyone."
Jenny
"Video Killed The Radio Star...isn't that the first song ever recorded?"
Jenny
"Did we almost just die?"
Jenny
"Doesn't everyone have that fantasy of angry sex up against the wall? ...or is that just me??
Kim
"Thank you for the thoughtful gesture"
Davis Tarwater
"So the moral of the story is: don't sleep with co-workers."
Jenny
"You fly me higher than eagles..."
Jenny
"I can sorta feel your brain Callie!"
Jenny
Paul Yetter: Do you guys like hip hop.
Suz: *blank stare* All black people like hip hop!
"Callie, get off my nuts!"
Megan
"I don't know about you, but I don't like cuddling with something cold."
Megan
"I have lots of street cred and OSU people fear me."
Peter Vanderkaay
"I think all of my friends are currently orgasming and I feel left out."
Suz
"You're peppa, my sister from another mamma."
Carrie
"Do you guys go to like every meet?"
Michael Phelps
"Where's MY sign?!?!"
Katie Hoff
"I'm gonna cut it when I damn well please...don't be hatin' blackie!"
Peter Vanderkaay
"How's that Lady Speedo workin' for ya?"
Erika
"I am so mad at you!"
Katie Hoff
"He's so...goofy..."
Katie Hoff
Meet Official: Are you here to take pictures of Michael Phelps?
Suz: No, I'm shooting Davis Tarwater
Suz: We saw you almost missed your race!
Klete: Yea...oops
"I'll let it slide just this once, but don't let it happen again!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"I don't want to cramp your style."
Mama Vanderkaay
Fangirl: So have you met like all the big swimmers here?
Suz: Yea, pretty much
Fangirl: Wow, you're so lucky!!!
"I love how you guys always make fun of him!"
Katie Hoff
"He eye-molested me!"
Carrie
"Um, could you please stop staring?"
Erika
"I see the baggage claim, but don't know how to get there!"
Suz
Any Swim Aid: I'm gonna get a bottle of water
Suz: Make sure it's REALLY water...
"Do I sense a mocking tone?"
Katie Hoff
"I am NOT cutting through the locker rooms!"
Suz
Erika: I'd be like get the f*** outta my seat ho! *pause* nah, I wouldn't...
Suz: Yea you would!
Erika: Yea, I would
"Well, you were pretty wasted."
Jake, waiter at Olive Garden
"Large numbers of black people make me nervous. I may as well be a little old white lady!"
Suz
"I have a waterfront condo in Friendsville"
Suz
"Seriously. Why is Yale here?"
Suz
"And then they did it...had sex!"
Kiwi
"Then she rolled her arms..."
Kiwi
Suz: Is your refrigerator running?
PVK: It does have power
"Who would give HIM a hickey?"
Carrie
"We have an Aquatic Center?"
A student who attends Missouri University
"Are you guys groupies or real media?"
Official at the Missouri Grand Prix
"I feel like I'm doing a drug deal or something."
Katie Hoff
"Where are you guys staying? The Hilton?"
Katie Hoff
"Wait, you were talking to my REAL brother?"
Davis Tarwater
"How do people swim in the snow?"
Pat, Kiwi's friend
Suz & Kiwi: "Where are you staying?"
Megan Romano: "I'm embarassed to say..."
"Keep it movinggggg"
Urbs
"Can you guys make me a shirt too? I can wear it to my Katie practices."
Paul Yetter
"I do wear it in the comfort of my own home."
Peter Vanderkaay
"Could you make it a little less racist?"
Peter Vanderkaay
"He thinks he is black. Be sure to give him shit.''
Davis Tarwater
"Your shirts are awesome."
Katie Hoff
"You didn't tell him...did you?"
Little Tarwater
"GO TAKE YOUR WORLD RECORDS, SHORT LEGS, AND PERFECTLY SHAPED EYEBROWS TO THE LOCKER ROOM!!"
Erika
Suz: We missed your race!
Peter Vanderkaay: You didn't miss much.
"You were probably the fan who threw the cup at Artest."
Peter Vanderkaay
Paul Yetter: By the way, I'm Paul.
Suz: We know!
Paul Yetter: How was that?!
Suz: It takes more than 2 people to do the wave!
"I cut my hair earlier this week, and NOT because you told me to."
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay: "I'm not scared."
Suz: "You should be. I don't have a steady hand!"
'Lochte's got something glittery and spahkling in his mouth, I believe its called a 'grill'"
Linley Frame, commentator at 2007 World Champs
"You guys are so low maintenance!"
Sara Hunninghake
"There's a hot tub over there..."
Ryan Lochte
"What about Robert Margalis @ SwimStars.org? A lot of personality there!"
Davis Tarwater
"You aren't going to print this, are you?!"
Mama Vanderkaay
"What's up, cracker?!"
Paul Yetter
"Beer is beer. Well, as long as it's not Nati..."
Ryan Lochte
Suz: "Hey look! It's Jesus!"
Peter Vanderkaay: "Ha. Ha. Ha."
"What?!?! You're not going to Beijing?!?! We're going to have to work on this!"
Mama Vanderkaay
"I'll freeze my ass off; maybe that's a good thing!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"I've been in the mountains"
Peter Vanderkaay
"I love swimming."
Davis Tarwater
"So I hear you don't wake up in the mornings much..."
Paul Yetter
"How did you know I like fried chicken? Am I black now or something?"
Davis Tarwater
Davis Tarwater: "My parents forgot my birthday this year."
Suz: "No they didn't!"
Davis Tarwater: "No, they didn't."
"Oh, Erika..."
Anyone/everyone that knows Erika
"I got head."
Any Swim Aid working the camera
"Uh-Oh! Here comes trouble!"
Our favorite meet volunteer at the Namesnik Grand Prix
"I'm a dime a dozen!... No wait! I'm one in a million! I suck."
Erika
"I'M HIT!"
Random Swimmer
"You gonna show her your O-face. O.O.O!"
Everyone
"Are you ready for THIS?!" *booty shake*
Kaitlin Sandeno
"You guys are media? You're royalty!"
Santa Clara Meet Official
Kaitlin Sandeno: "Oooo, VIP!"
Erika: "Yea, we're not even under the tent."
"4 for you Glen Coco! You go Glen Coco!"
Erika
"None for Gretchen Weiners!"
Suz
"Peter, Paul and all those other apostles"
Kiwi
"Lesbians are having kids now?"
Kathy Griffin
"We gotta stay away from Felicia. She is crazy."
Erika
"Settle down and stop hating!"
Peter Vanderkaay
Suz: "Did you get your easy button?"
Coach Bob: "Ya, it is sitting on my desk."
"Dum, Da Dum, Da Dum, Da Dum. Hey guys... Got any beer? No. Seriously."
Our new favorite swimmer
Lala: "Let's eat at the Soup Plantation"
Suz: "I'm not eating at anyplace with 'Plantation' in its name!!!!"
"I'm so over facebook!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"I'm uncomfortable with your friend's shirt. But what makes me most uncomfortable is that it makes me uncomfortable."
Mr. Ditto
Swimmer #1: "DUDE! They know we were on the site!"
Swimmer #2: How do they know?! I go like 6 times a day!"
"It's just not proper attire for the press box..."
Jamie Fabos
"Screw you guys. I'm going home!"
Suz
"Did you see me eat shit? It's because of this fat ass"
Kaitlin Sandeno
Erika: "I frequently burst into song."
Kiwi/Suz: "Yes, we've noticed..."
"I have to pee...again"
Erika, Kiwi, & Suz
"Land of the freeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE and the home of the brave"
The worst national anthem singer ever
Suz: "Did you get Erik's race?"
Erika: "Yea..."
Suz: "Good, cuz we didn't."
"There's no 't' in win...more like winter..."
Erika
"Dude! He is wearing a path on the deck!"
Suz
"Does anyone have a cigarette?"
Suz
"Wait for it...wait for it..."
Erika
"No, you have to call him by his proper name; jackass."
Lala
"$10 says she'll have the TV on when we get in the room."
Erika
Erika: "Visors are so 1998"
Suz: "Yea, what were you; like 10?!"
Erika: "No. As a matter of fact, I was 11."
Suz: *eyeroll*
"So, you got any nudes?"
Dobson Images Photographer
Kaitlin Sandeno: "How did you do that?"
Suz: "With your memory card."
Kaitlin Sandeno: "THAT IS SO COOL!"
"You know you're in the ghetto when McDonald's charges for ice and water..."
Suz
Kiwi: "What are those black things called again? I dont know the name for them in english..."
Erika: "Ummm. Moles?"
Kiwi: "YEAH!"
Kiwi: "Can I get another Sprite?"
William, the waiter: "Yea, it's right over there..."
"Did he just say buttholez?"
Erin
"Thanks for the blog, ass!"
Erika
"I'm a little Oprah?"
Kiwi
"Whoa..."
Random Swimmer Guy
"I lost my key. Can I have yours?"
Erika
"It's funny because it's true."
Suz/Karen Walker
Hotel Receptionist: "The nearest McDonald's is in the Hyatt."
Us: "IN THE HYATT?!?!"
Suz: "Yea, I'm not going."
"Good Morning, Baltimore!"
Erika
"Hmmmm..Greg Louganis"
Erika/Erin
"The C.O.D. is back!"
Suz
"Cuz bitches be hatin'!"
Suz
"Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! You're cool! Fuck you! I'm out!"
Suz/Erika
"Isn't it funny how girls get drunk and turn into lesbians?"
Erika
"If we need to, Erika will put out."
Suz
"I miss Kaitlin."
All of us
"Pump up...the gas"
Erika/Radio DJ
"The mofo needs his gums lasered off!"
Erika
Erika: "I want to meet him..."
Suz/Erin: "Like whoa!"
"Do guys wash their faces?"
Kiwi
"What's the difference between the 200 and 400 IM?"
Erika
"My hair is frizzy. I think it's the humidity."
Kiwi
"You have big bazookas."
Erika
"Hey girrrrlllllll! How you dooooin?!"
Suz
Suz: "Did you bring your grillz?"
Ryan: "Of course!"
Suz: "Davis' race was the only one they showed on TV!"
The Tarwaters: "That's surprising considering the others who raced last night!"
"YOU GO GIRL!"
Mama Vanderkaay
Erika: "Can you take a picture with me doing that one pose in the Speedo catalog?"
Jessica Hardy: "Yea...ummmm...no"
Jessica Hardy: "How did you get a deck pass?"
Suz: USA Swimming upgraded me last year."
Jessica Hardy: "That's awesome!"
Kate Ziegler: "I'm plum tuckered out!"
Erika: "I haven't heard that one in a while!"
Kate Ziegler: "Yea, I'm bringing it back."
"He is soooo HOT! It just isn't right!"
All of us
"It's so nice to see you guys down on deck!"
Debbie Phelps
"I'm a lover, not a fighter"
Peter Vanderkaay
"Why do I always get hit on when you guys aren't with me? I'm not going anywhere by myself ever again!!!"
Suz
"You gotta shake your ass!"
Suz
"Who still kisses their mom on the lips?!"
Erika
"So it works out then."
Erika
Erika: "Yup."
Suz: "Pretty much."
Erika: "This one time..."
The rest of us: "AT BAND CAMP!!"
Erika: That's pretty much the gayest thing you've ever said.
Carrie: No. I'm pretty sure it's not the gayest thing I've ever said.
"Where's Bertha?"
Katie Hoff
Suz: This pool shits all over yours!
PVK: Ours makes up for that with character
"I was looking for you, but I couldn't find you"
Peter Vanderkaay
"Now I'm stalking YOU!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"They wouldn't start the awards ceremony without you, ya know."
Peter Bick
"Where's the camera? Shouldn't you be 'working'?
Paul Yetter
"If I take this chocolate, I will eat all of it! So, here, take it away from me!"
Kaitlin Sandeno
"You can't find me. I'm like the wind!"
Suz
"It's too bad none of us got the shot of Phelps sleeping on the diving platform."
Fellow photographer at OSU Grand Prix
Megan Romano: Shaune Fraser is so hot. Look, here he comes!!!
Suz: So THAT'S why you want to go to Florida...
Suz: Wait, do they know whose mom that is?
Megan Romano: Willa Wang's
Suz: OMG! Are they taking video of her?!
Kaitlin Sandeno: Do you think anyone keeps these autographs?
Suz: No. They'll be on eBay tomorrow
Suz: Do you want me to smuggle some food from the hospitality room for you?
Megan Romano: Just don't let Fred see!
SPA Girls: We need more lotion for our legs!
Suz: Puh-leeze! Y'all don't know ashy!
Katie Hoff: You're like really chill right now
Suz: Yea, it's because I'm tired
Katie Hoff: Is your brother here too?
Suz: No, he's asleep. Bastard.
"Bob winked at me and I think I'm in love"
Suz
I used to have Enrique Iglesias' face on my knee
Kiwi
"...she's like a heat-seeking missile!"
Paul Yetter
"My 2 men are coming home"
Mama Phelps
"Yea, it's kind of ridiculous..."
Matt Grevers
"No, I saw it on the site..."
Gus
Suz: I had to go on tip toes to hug him!
Kiwi: I'd need a crane or something
"And now my fiance is ignoring me"
Suz
Paul Yetter: Here's the disco ball on my porch
Suz: Why do you have a disco ball on your porch?
Felicia Lee: "Yea, I'm really not a good driver"
Suz: "Way to play into that stereotype"
"Are you guys the Swim Aids?"
Gus
"GET THE FUCK OUT!"
Bartender, Everyone
"DRINK IT UP, DRINK IT UP, DRINK IT UP!"
Bartender at Farrell's in Omaha
"Paul is like the president of your fan club. He like hurdled over me to get to you!!"
Dana Lohn
"Yea, why DID you have 2 phones?"
Peter Vanderkaay
Jason Marsteller: "You're not old enough to drink..."
Suz: "I bet I am!"
"It feels lighter after you held it"
kiwi
"Once you're my Facebook friend, I stalk you."
Felicia Lee
"They're not REALLY media..."
Katie Hoff
"We're getting married. He just doesn't know it yet."
Suz
"I heard about you at Farrell's!"
Evan
"Carrie, you look like you're going to church!!"
Suz
Suz: "Where's the Vanderkaay Speedo jersey?!"
PVK: "I don't know. You tell me!"
