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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 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.
Michael Phelps
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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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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've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing 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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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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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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This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
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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 mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up
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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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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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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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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 think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
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Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
Michael Phelps