I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
MICHAEL PHELPSI am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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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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There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That’s something I’d like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.
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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 wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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 everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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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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Growing up in high school, I wasn’t hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up.
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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 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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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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’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
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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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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 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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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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