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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
Swimmer
Baltimore
Maryland
Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
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Practice
Goal
Whatever
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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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You can't put a limit anything.
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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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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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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way
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My little son is already like me - my mom has always said I used to bounce off the wall and never stop talking or sit still. I'm starting to see that with him. I guess it's living proof he's part of me.
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Things can change in the blink of an eye!
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I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
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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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My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
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I'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have. I learned a lot.
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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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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've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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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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