It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
MICHAEL PHELPSEven in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
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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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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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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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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 have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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