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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
Thinking
Direction
Practice
Goal
Whatever
Think

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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
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I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.
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If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
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My mom never really pushed me into doing something. It was kind of whatever I wanted to do, and that was what made me continue and have the longevity that I had in my career. I went through ups and downs in the pool when I loved it and when I hated it.
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When you use your imagination anything can happen.
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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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.
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Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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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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I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
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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.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
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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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