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When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
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Michael Fred Phelps II
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