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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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 am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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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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Even in high school, I’d tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn’t too happy. She’d say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
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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 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 got the stamina. I can close.
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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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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 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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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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