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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.
Michael Phelps
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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
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Baltimore
Maryland
Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
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