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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
The Baltimore Bullet
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