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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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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 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.
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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 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 listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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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 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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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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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 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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