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 think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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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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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 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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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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I’m so sick of the water.
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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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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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 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 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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