Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
MICHAEL PHELPSOnce 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.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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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 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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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that’s really how I’ve always lived my life.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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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.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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 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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