I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
MICHAEL PHELPSBeing 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.
More Michael Phelps Quotes
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Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go anywhere.
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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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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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Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
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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 want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.
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I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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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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I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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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’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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.
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