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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

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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Done

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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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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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I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
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Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit the split time to the hundredth, then swim back again for as many times as I need to finish the race.
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You can't put a limit 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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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 want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
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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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It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.
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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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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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I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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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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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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