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Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

Michael Phelps

I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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Age Myself Past Recovery Time
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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Fast Learning Myself Reference Show
I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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Children Life Myself Work
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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Best Control Day Feeling Goodness Myself Performance
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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Control Mindset Myself Possible Thinking Time
I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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Muscle Myself Weight
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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Competition Myself
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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Feeling Home Myself Water
I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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Believe God Myself Religious
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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Children Identity Myself Person Talent
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 PHELPS

Accomplishment Comparison Decision Heart Known Mindset Myself
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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Best Crazy Drive Myself Swimming
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Life Myself Normal Person Thinking
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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Calories Diet Eat Energy Myself
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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Goal Gold Myself Olympics World
I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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Competition Focus Help Listening Music Myself

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

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Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

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