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.
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
-
-
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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 -
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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 -
I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
The more you dream the more you achieve.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
I’m so sick of the water.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS -
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