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 PHELPSI 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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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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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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I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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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My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
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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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I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.
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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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I haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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