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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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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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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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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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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 used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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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 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’m so sick of the water.
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I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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 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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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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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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There were times I wouldn’t come to practice, because it didn’t excite me. It wasn’t interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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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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’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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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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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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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