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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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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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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 feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
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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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The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
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My mom never really pushed me into doing something. It was kind of whatever I wanted to do, and that was what made me continue and have the longevity that I had in my career. I went through ups and downs in the pool when I loved it and when I hated it.
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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 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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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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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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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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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can.... There a few of them ... DMX Party Up ... Mack 10 BC and Ice Cube Connected for Life. I also listen to the Eminem CD ...whichever song really gets me going that night
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When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.
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At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think I still want to do this.So I'd decide I'm not quitting.
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I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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