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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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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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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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 haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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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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I got the stamina. I can close.
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I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
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Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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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Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
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