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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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 listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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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 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’m so sick of the water.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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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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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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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 used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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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’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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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 think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
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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 usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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 want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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