I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPSI try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPSI learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSEvery sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPSI want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
MICHAEL PHELPSIt 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
MICHAEL PHELPSI’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
MICHAEL PHELPSIf I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPSI believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
MICHAEL PHELPSBeing 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 PHELPSPeople 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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPSIt’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
MICHAEL PHELPSI 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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