I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
MICHAEL PHELPSIt 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 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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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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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 goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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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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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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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 sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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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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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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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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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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 am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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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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There were times I wouldn’t come to practice, because it didn’t excite me. It wasn’t interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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