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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
Whatever
Think
Thinking
Direction
Practice
Goal

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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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You can't put a limit anything.
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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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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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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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Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.
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It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.
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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
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We're all a little tired.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
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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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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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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew I was under world record pace. You could tell by the crowd. You can always tell at these meets when something good is going on because of the crowd.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.
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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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If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
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