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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.
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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 won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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I think to be – for me to be an American is – you know, it’s one of the greatest things in the world for – you know, for me just because I’ve been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
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Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
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If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy.
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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 have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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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 got the stamina. I can close.
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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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