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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.

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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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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Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.
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If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
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It's tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to. Through the ups and downs of my career I've still been able to do everything that I've ever wanted to accomplish.
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I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
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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 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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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 try to separate my personal life from 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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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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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 treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
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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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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 think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
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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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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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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.
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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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