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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 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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I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
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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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What does God mean to me? I guess I was made the way I am for some reason, and I've been able to find the talent I have, and I've been able to use it, so I'm grateful for that. I believe in God [but] I'm not saying I'm highly religious.
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And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.
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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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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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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 consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.
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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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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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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 anything.
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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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I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
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I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I got the stamina. I can close.
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