My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
MICHAEL PHELPSI want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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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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If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
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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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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 am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing 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 know it won’t be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that’s your decision, not mine. I’m going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.
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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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It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
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I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
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For the millionth time, I’m retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, ‘Well, maybe he doesn’t mean it this time.’ But I do.
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