I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
MICHAEL PHELPSI haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
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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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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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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 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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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.
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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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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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