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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.

Michael Phelps

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
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Comfortable Feeling Mom Myself Safety Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Hotel Luck Myself People Pool
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Olympics Sports Swimming
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Day Expression Live Myself Remember Talk
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Country Freedom Greatness Thinking World
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Friendship Give Up Growth Myself Willing
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Impossible Inspirational Myself Possible
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Life Myself Normal Person Thinking
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Reach Sports Swimming
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Life Myself Personal Separate Try
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
Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
MICHAEL PHELPS

Day Myself Thinking Wake Up
Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Money Myself Personality
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Holiday Myself Religious
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Kind Man Myself

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 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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