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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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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I’m so sick of the water.
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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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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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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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 you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that’s really how I’ve always lived my life.
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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 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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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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