I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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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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 want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.
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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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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 goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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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 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’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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