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"&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s an amazing feeling to come home with all these medals,&amp;quot; American swimmer Cullen Jones said during an August 13 visit to Us Weekly&amp;apos;s New York City offices.\r\nWearing his two silver medals (from the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and the 50-meter freestyle) and his gold medal (from the 4x100-meter medley relay), the handsome 28-year-old athlete admitted he felt a strong sense of personal victory this time around.\r\n&amp;quot;Blood, sweat and tears went into it, and for me to be able to come home -- and to be able to bring hardware home with me! -- is definitely a blessing. I&amp;apos;m very happy with my performance,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I definitely never lost hope that I had a shot.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDuring his stay in London, the New York native was overwhelmed by support from his family, friends and fans -- even if it arrived at odd hours. &amp;quot;It wasn kind of funny because of the [time] delay. At 2 o&amp;apos;clock in the morning my phone was going off. People are saying, &amp;apos;Great swim! Great swim!&amp;apos; and I&amp;apos;m like, &amp;apos;I am sleeping! It&amp;apos;s the middle of the night,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; he told Us. &amp;quot;But I&amp;apos;m so thankful for everyone who was behind me and a part of Team Jones.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNow that he has a little downtime, Jones is entertaining the idea to appear on a reality show like fellow Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps, 27, and Ryan Lochte, 28. &amp;quot;I could do the Bachelor or Dancing With the Stars. I know Michael and Ryan are talking about being a part of it, and I think I would be good on it, too,&amp;quot; Jones said.\r\n\r\n(Phelps will appear in Season 5 of the Golf Channel reality TV show The Haney Project; Lochte will make a cameo on the fifth season of The CW&amp;apos;s 90210.)\r\nTo see what else is in Jones&amp;apos; future -- from his work with the USA Swimming Foundation&amp;apos;s Make a Splash initiative to his plans for the Rio Olympics in 2016 -- watch the exclusive video above now!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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