My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
MICHAEL PHELPSEvery sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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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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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 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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I haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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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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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 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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Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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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’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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