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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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I want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.
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It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
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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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I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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 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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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