Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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 wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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Even 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 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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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 listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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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 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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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 sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
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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 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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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 want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.
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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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