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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.

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

I see my goals as personal and I always have. That's just been how I've worked.

When you use your imagination anything can happen.

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

If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.

I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.

I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

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

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.

I'm kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it's like second nature.

There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.

I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.

You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.

Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.

I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

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.

When I race, I don't think about it; it just happens.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

You can't put a limit anything.

I'm so sick of the water.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go ... anywhere.

Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

no goal is too high if you put your mind to it.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work ... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

I finished my career the way I wanted to.

I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.

Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.

Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I've learned to get a grip and take care of myself.

It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do,

Things won't go perfect. It's all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

[Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.

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.

You can't put a limit on aything. The more you dream, the father you get.

But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication.

We're all a little tired.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me

Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble.

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.

I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait ... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'

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.

Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.

I got the stamina. I can close.

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

Before, it came easy for me. I don't have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.