I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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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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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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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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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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 think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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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.
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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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