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 PHELPSIf you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That’s where I belong.
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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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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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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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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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 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 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 got the stamina. I can close.
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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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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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If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
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