I’m so sick of the water.
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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I’ll be working with kids for the rest of my life.
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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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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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Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
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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.
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I want to continue the sport of swimming. I’m not going to give up until I think it’s reached where I want it to go.
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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 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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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.
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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.
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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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I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.
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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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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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Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
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