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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.
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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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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Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water that's the main goal. I think the second that you start freaking out and feeling uncomfortable, it's not going to go well.
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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can.... There a few of them ... DMX Party Up ... Mack 10 BC and Ice Cube Connected for Life. I also listen to the Eminem CD ...whichever song really gets me going that night
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I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
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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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I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
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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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I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz I want to be the first Michael Phelps
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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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If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
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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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You can't put a limit anything.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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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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If you say can't you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
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