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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
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Baltimore
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Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
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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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Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally
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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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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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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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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
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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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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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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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I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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We're all a little tired.
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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
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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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew I was under world record pace. You could tell by the crowd. You can always tell at these meets when something good is going on because of the crowd.
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I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up
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