I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPSOnce I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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 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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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.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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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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 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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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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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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 won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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