I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
MICHAEL PHELPSI’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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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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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 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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I’m so sick of the water.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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 want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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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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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 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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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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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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Once 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.
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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 consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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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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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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