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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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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 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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And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.
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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
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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 wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
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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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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 don't want to be the next Mark Spitz I want to be the first Michael Phelps
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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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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If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
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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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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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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.
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Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
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