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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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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 won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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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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For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That’s it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
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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 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 eat pretty much whatever I want. I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
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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 go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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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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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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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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.
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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 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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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.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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 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 want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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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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