I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
MICHAEL PHELPSEven in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
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I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.
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I haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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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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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 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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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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For the millionth time, I’m retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, ‘Well, maybe he doesn’t mean it this time.’ But I do.
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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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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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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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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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