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People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.

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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Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.
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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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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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It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
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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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I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
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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 don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
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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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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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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 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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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
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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 don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.
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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 have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.
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It's tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to. Through the ups and downs of my career I've still been able to do everything that I've ever wanted to accomplish.
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