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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.
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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