My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
MICHAEL PHELPSI can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
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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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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
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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.
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I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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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 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 live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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