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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.'

Michael Phelps

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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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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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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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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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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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If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
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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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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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What does God mean to me? I guess I was made the way I am for some reason, and I've been able to find the talent I have, and I've been able to use it, so I'm grateful for that. I believe in God [but] I'm not saying I'm highly religious.
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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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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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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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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.
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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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If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
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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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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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I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
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