My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
MICHAEL PHELPSThere are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That’s something I’d like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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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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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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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 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 still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
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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 live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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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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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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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.
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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 won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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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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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.
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