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 PHELPSI am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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I’m so sick of the water.
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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.
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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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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 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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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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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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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 think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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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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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 used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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