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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.

Michael Phelps

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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Children Drowning Lifestyle Safety Teaching Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Boy Myself Open Room
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Compare Compliment Greatness Oneself
I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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Day Goal Myself Thinking
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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Country Freedom Greatness Thinking World
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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Holiday Myself Religious
Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Greatness Myself Olympics Sports Watch
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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Comfortable Easy Force Goal Thinking Time
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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Excitement Kind Motion Myself Practice Time
I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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Muscle Myself Weight
I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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Myself Remember Training
I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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Excitement Myself Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Children Identity Myself Person Talent
I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Calories Diet Eat Energy Myself
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Best Inspirational People Willing Yourself
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Kind Man Myself
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Change Dreams Sports
Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Retirement
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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Conservatism Crazy Life Live Pretty
I got the stamina. I can close.
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Close Myself Power Strength
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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Myself Olympics Team Thinking
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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Competition Myself
I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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Believe God Myself Religious
I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Impossible Inspirational Myself Possible
I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
MICHAEL PHELPS

History Impossible Myself Prediction
It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your – whatever you excel at, you’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Care Chaos Control Manage Walk Yourself
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Fast Learning Myself Reference Show

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 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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