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.
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 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 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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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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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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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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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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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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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 have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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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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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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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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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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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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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’m so sick of the water.
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I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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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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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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