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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
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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 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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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 think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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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.'
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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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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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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 won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
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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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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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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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I got the stamina. I can close.
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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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