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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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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
Swimmer
Baltimore
Maryland
Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
Michael
Mark
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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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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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 wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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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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[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.
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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 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 have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.
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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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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself
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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'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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It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.
Michael Phelps