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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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

When you use your imagination anything can happen. — Michael Phelps

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

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 — Michael Phelps

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

I can't remember the last day I didn't train. — Michael Phelps

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 — Michael Phelps

I swim when I am injured. What the best guys do is so hard. Michael Phelps is the best. — Usain Bolt

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

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

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

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

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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

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. — Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps is a good friend of mine, so I'm very supportive of him. — Apolo Ohno

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

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

Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done. — Michael Phelps

I try to separate my personal life from swimming. — Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps and Willie Nelson are teaming up to do an album ... They're covering The Doobie Brothers. — Reba McEntire

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

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

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

You can't put a limit anything. — Michael Phelps

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go ... anywhere. — Michael Phelps

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

The more you dream the more you achieve. — Michael Phelps

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

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy. — Gabby Douglas

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

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

I'm so sick of the water. — Michael Phelps

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

I finished my career the way I wanted to. — Michael Phelps

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

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

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

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

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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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. — Michael Phelps

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. — Michael Phelps

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

We're all a little tired. — Michael Phelps

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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me — Michael Phelps

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. — Michael Phelps

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

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy. — Michael Phelps

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

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

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps. — Lindsey Vonn

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

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. — Michael Phelps

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

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

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. — Michael Phelps

I got the stamina. I can close. — Michael Phelps

Things can change in the blink of an eye! — Michael Phelps

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. — Michael Phelps

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. — Michael Phelps