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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.

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
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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
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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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Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself
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I feel like Aaron brings out the best in 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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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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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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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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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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