I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPSI want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPSI can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
MICHAEL PHELPSI feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
MICHAEL PHELPSFor 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 PHELPSI can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
MICHAEL PHELPSMy mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSYou can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
MICHAEL PHELPSI have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
MICHAEL PHELPSBeing 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 PHELPSI am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
MICHAEL PHELPSEvery sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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