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If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
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Michael Fred Phelps II
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I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.
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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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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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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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Being 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.
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This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
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I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.
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I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz I want to be the first Michael Phelps
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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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Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
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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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Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water that's the main goal. I think the second that you start freaking out and feeling uncomfortable, it's not going to go well.
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I'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have. I learned a lot.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
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