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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
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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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 treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
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Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally
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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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You can't put a limit anything.
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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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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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If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
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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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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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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.
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If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
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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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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