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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

Michael Phelps

Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Comfortable Feeling Home Myself Normal
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Myself Olympics Team Thinking
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Conservatism Crazy Life Live Pretty
Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait, this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.’
MICHAEL PHELPS

Day Myself Thinking Wake Up
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Ability Change Endurance Myself Swimming Test World
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Calories Diet Eat Energy Myself
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Best Inspirational People Willing Yourself
I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Children Life Myself Work
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Friendship Give Up Growth Myself Willing
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Hotel Luck Myself People Pool
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Competition Myself
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

History Honor Level Myself Opportunity Swimming Time Try
I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Change Generation Myself Success Young
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Fast Learning Myself Reference Show
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Comfortable Face Feeling Myself Sports Thinking Water
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.
MICHAEL PHELPS

Accomplishment Comparison Decision Heart Known Mindset Myself

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