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There 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.

Michael Phelps

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
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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Conservatism Crazy Life Live Pretty
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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Comfortable Feeling Mom Myself Safety Water
I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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Children Life Myself Work
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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Day Myself Thinking Wake Up
I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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Myself Remember Training
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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Holiday Myself Religious
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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Myself Olympics Sports Swimming
For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That’s it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.
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Children Identity Myself Person Talent
I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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Comfortable Face Feeling Myself Sports Thinking Water
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.
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Country Freedom Greatness Thinking World
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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Boy Myself Open Room
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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Impossible Inspirational Myself Possible
People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
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Hotel Luck Myself People Pool
I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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Age Myself Past Recovery Time
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Kind Man Myself
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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Dreams Inspirational Limitation Motivational
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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Accomplishment Comparison Decision Heart Known Mindset Myself
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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Life Myself Personal Separate Try
I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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Myself Normal Thinking Weird
Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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Greatness Myself Olympics Sports Watch
I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.
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Best Control Day Feeling Goodness Myself Performance
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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Calories Diet Eat Energy Myself
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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Calories Diet Myself Possible Strict System
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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Change Dreams Sports
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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Best Inspirational People Willing Yourself
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

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