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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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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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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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 won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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.
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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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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 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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There’s no better time to try this than now.
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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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