Watch as U.S. flag bearer and fourth-time Olympian Michael Phelps reflects on his impact on the sport.

“It’s pretty incredible to have helped kids go after their dreams and their goals,” he said during a Rio press conference earlier today.”

He goes on to talk about the changes that have taken place since he started swimming (and, in some cases, because he started swimming). Phelps mentions specific swimmers who have talked to him about the inspiration he had on them, including Katie Ledecky, Olivia Smoliga, and Mitch Larkin.

“That’s something that’s really rewarding, given how hard I’ve worked to see the sport change and to be a primetime sport and to be a major Olympic sport and to be a year-’round sport… an every-year sport, not just an every-four-years sport,” he said.

Phelps, who will retire (for real this time) after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, touches slightly on his training and the upcoming races this week.

“I’m getting a little overworked, but the hard work has been done…” he said. “I’m looking forward to obviously Chad [le Clos] and I getting back in the pool… And hopefully, I face off with Mitch [Larkin] in the relay.”

He even touches on his first-time role as American team captain.

“It’s been cool as a captain to kind of watch the team– the American team– come together more and more, the closer we get to competition, so this has been a really cool experience.”