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Michael Phelps

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Best Future Life Myself Option Place Reach
I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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History Impossible Myself Prediction
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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Myself Olympics Team Thinking
The more you dream the more you achieve.
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Achievement Dreams Inspirational One Liner
Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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Money Myself Personality
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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Dreams Inspirational Limitation Motivational
I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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Muscle Myself Weight
I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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Competition Focus Help Listening Music Myself
I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don’t have a strict diet. It’s all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.
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Calories Diet Myself Possible Strict System
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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Ability Change Endurance Myself Swimming Test World
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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Life Myself Personal Separate Try
I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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Age Myself Past Recovery Time
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Best Inspirational People Willing Yourself
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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Day Expression Live Myself Remember Talk
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
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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Comfortable Feeling Home Myself Normal
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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Country Freedom Greatness Thinking World
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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Boy Myself Open Room
It 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.
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Care Chaos Control Manage Walk Yourself
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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History Honor Level Myself Opportunity Swimming Time Try
I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
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Impossible Inspirational Myself Possible
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.
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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.
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Myself Pool School Sports Swimming
I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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Myself Normal Thinking Weird
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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Myself Olympics Sports Swimming
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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Feeling Home Myself Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Change Generation Myself Success Young

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