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I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
Swimmer
Baltimore
Maryland
Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
Impossible
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Nothing
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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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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
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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 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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Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.
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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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Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit the split time to the hundredth, then swim back again for as many times as I need to finish the race.
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My little son is already like me - my mom has always said I used to bounce off the wall and never stop talking or sit still. I'm starting to see that with him. I guess it's living proof he's part of me.
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It's tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to. Through the ups and downs of my career I've still been able to do everything that I've ever wanted to accomplish.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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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 would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I'm ready for anything.
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I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
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If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.
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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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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 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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The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.
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