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 live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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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.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
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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 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.
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I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
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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 consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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There were times I wouldn’t come to practice, because it didn’t excite me. It wasn’t interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.
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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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