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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

Michael Phelps

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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Care Chaos Control Manage Walk Yourself
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
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
Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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Myself Retirement
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
Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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Greatness Myself Olympics Sports Watch
I’m so sick of the water.
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Myself Sick Water
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’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Kind Man Myself
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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End Myself Retirement Time
I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Day Expression Live Myself Remember Talk
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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Friendship Give Up Growth Myself Willing
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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Myself Olympics Sports Swimming
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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Holiday Myself Religious
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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Hotel Luck Myself People Pool
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
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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Comfortable Feeling Mom Myself Safety Water
I got the stamina. I can close.
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Close Myself Power Strength
The more you dream the more you achieve.
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Achievement Dreams Inspirational One Liner
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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Comfortable Face Feeling Myself Sports Thinking Water
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Conservatism Crazy Life Live Pretty
If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Best Crazy Drive Myself Swimming
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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Best Future Life Myself Option Place Reach
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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Children Drowning Lifestyle Safety Teaching Water
I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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History Impossible Myself Prediction
Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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Money Myself Personality
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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Myself Reach Sports Swimming

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