Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe o nwesịrị ndakpọ olileanya n'egwuregwu Olimpik abụọ gara aga mgbe o zughị iru eru maka asọmpi ikpeazụ nke mita 100, ọ ghọrọ onye Canada mbụ mere otú ahụ n'egwuregwu igwu mmiri a na-adọrọ adọrọ kemgbe Dick Pound na 1960. Ọ gara n'ihu merie ọla nchara maka Canada na 2012 Summer Olympics na
100 m freestyle mgbe ọ malitere nke ọma mere ka ọ banye n'asọmpi nrite na ntụgharị. Ọlaedo na ọlaọcha gara onye America bụ Nathan Adrian na onye mmeri ụwa bụ James Magnussen nke Australia, ebe Hayden meriri Yannick Agnel na César Cielo maka nke atọ; Dick Pound nyekwara onyinye ndị ahụ. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ nanị ọla nchara, ihe nrite ahụ bụ ihe mgbapụta nye Hayden, bụ́ onye o doro anya na ọ na-enwe obi ụtọ dị ukwuu n'ikpeazụ inweta ihe nrite n'egwuregwu Olimpik. Mgbe o nwetere ihe nrite Olimpik ya n'ikpeazụ, o kwuru na "O nwere ọtụtụ oge ị nwere ike ịrọ nrọ maka ihe mana otu nde n'ime nde na otu oge ọ gaghị emezu. Nke a bụ otu n'ime ihe ndị m nwere obi ụtọ dị ka mmadụ na-eme m". Hayden kwupụtara ezumike nka ya site n'egwuregwu ahụ mgbe 4 × 100 mita medley relay na Olympics mana o kwuru na ya kwenyere na ndị otu igwu mmiri Canada ga-eme nke ọma n'ọdịnihu, na-ekwu na "Echere m na nnukwu atụmatụ nke ihe, na ndị anyị nwere, anyị arụla ọrụ dị ịtụnanya... Ọ bụrụhaala na anyị na-aga n'ihu na-ewu, echere m na anyị ga-ahụ ihe ịga nke ọma na-abịa site na ihe omume dịgasị iche iche. "