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

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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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So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.
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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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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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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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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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I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way
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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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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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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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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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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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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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Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.
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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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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I've learned to get a grip and take care of myself.
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