As Ryan Lochte tries to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team at age 36, the 12-time Olympic medalist says he'll feel like "a failure" if he does not reach Tokyo.
“Everyone around me is putting a lot of pressure on me—more than I’ve ever had in my entire life,” Lochte told Brian Burnsed of Sports Illustrated. “I feel it from everyone. Like my family. The people that live in this house. My agent. It’s just everyone.
“I feel like, if I don’t [make it], I’ll become a failure.”
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