I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
MICHAEL PHELPSI believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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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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 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’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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 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 want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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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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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’m so sick of the water.
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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 want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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 live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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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 am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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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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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
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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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I think to be – for me to be an American is – you know, it’s one of the greatest things in the world for – you know, for me just because I’ve been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
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