I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPSI try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That’s something I’d like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.
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I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.
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I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that’s really how I’ve always lived my life.
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I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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Growing up in high school, I wasn’t hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up.
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I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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There were times I wouldn’t come to practice, because it didn’t excite me. It wasn’t interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
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If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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I know it won’t be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that’s your decision, not mine. I’m going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.
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I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There’s no better time to try this than now.
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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
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I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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I think to be – for me to be an American is – you know, it’s one of the greatest things in the world for – you know, for me just because I’ve been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
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