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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.

Michael Phelps

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
MICHAEL PHELPS

Goal Gold Myself Olympics World
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Change Dreams Sports
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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Feeling Home Myself Water
Growing up in high school, I wasn’t hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up.
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Friendship Give Up Growth Myself Willing
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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Children Identity Myself Person Talent
I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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Muscle Myself Weight
For the millionth time, I’m retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, ‘Well, maybe he doesn’t mean it this time.’ But I do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

End Myself Retirement Time
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Life Myself Personal Separate Try
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Compare Compliment Greatness Oneself
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Excitement Kind Motion Myself Practice Time
Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Boy Myself Open Room
I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Day Goal Myself Thinking
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Disappointment Gold Happiness Myself People
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 PHELPS

Myself Pool School Sports Swimming
Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Money Myself Personality
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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Best Crazy Drive Myself Swimming

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