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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.

Michael Phelps

Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Greatness Myself Olympics Sports Watch
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
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Care Chaos Control Manage Walk Yourself
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Competition Myself
I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Greatness Myself Opportunity Retirement
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
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Calories Diet Myself Possible Strict System
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Ability Change Endurance Myself Swimming Test World
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Conservatism Crazy Life Live Pretty
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 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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

History Motivation Myself Olympics Possible Record Thinking
Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Compare Compliment Greatness Oneself
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 PHELPS

Myself Pool School Sports Swimming
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
Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Money Myself Personality
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

End Myself Retirement Time

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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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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