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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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Michael Phelps
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: June 30
Swimmer
Baltimore
Maryland
Michael Fred Phelps II
The Baltimore Bullet
Flying Fish
Goals
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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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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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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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If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
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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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Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.
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Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally
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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'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
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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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I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
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I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
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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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