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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
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Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
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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 would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I'm ready for anything.
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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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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
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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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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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Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.
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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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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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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 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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
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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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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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