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.
MICHAEL PHELPSThe more you dream the more you achieve.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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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 listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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There were times I wouldn’t come to practice, because it didn’t excite me. It wasn’t interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
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I’m so sick of the water.
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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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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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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 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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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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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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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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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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