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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
Swimming
Michael
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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.
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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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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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We're all a little tired.
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You can't put a limit anything.
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Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
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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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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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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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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'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 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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I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
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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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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
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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 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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I got the stamina. I can close.
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