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’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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 feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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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 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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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
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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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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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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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This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
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I’m so sick of the water.
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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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