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.
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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I got the stamina. I can close.
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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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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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The more you dream the more you achieve.
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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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it’s a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I’m going to be happy.
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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 listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.
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It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
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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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I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
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