I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
MICHAEL PHELPSIf 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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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
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Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming – being compared to him and Mark Spitz.
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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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I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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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 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 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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I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
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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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I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
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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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