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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.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
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Michael Fred Phelps II
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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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I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.
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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 have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
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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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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 like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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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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If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
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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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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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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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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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I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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