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.
MICHAEL PHELPSI’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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I’m so sick of the water.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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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 used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
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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 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 have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, ‘Well, what do I do? What’s best for me?’ I need to look into options for the future.
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I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
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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 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 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 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 want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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