I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
MICHAEL PHELPSI’m so sick of the water.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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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 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.
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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.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
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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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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 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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I got the stamina. I can close.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
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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 want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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Growing up in high school, I wasn’t hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up.
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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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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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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.
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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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 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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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 haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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