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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.

Michael Phelps

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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Fast Learning Myself Reference Show
I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Remember Training
It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Care Chaos Control Manage Walk Yourself
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Comfortable Face Feeling Myself Sports Thinking Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Children Drowning Lifestyle Safety Teaching Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Reach Sports Swimming
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Kind Man Myself
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Compare Compliment Greatness Oneself
Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Greatness Myself Olympics Sports Watch
I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Greatness Myself Opportunity Retirement
People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Hotel Luck Myself People Pool
This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Olympics Sports Swimming
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Disappointment Gold Happiness Myself People
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Dreams Inspirational Limitation Motivational
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Accomplishment Comparison Decision Heart Known Mindset Myself
Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Retirement

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