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Quotes by 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
Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'
– Michael Phelps
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
– Michael Phelps
I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.
– Michael Phelps
I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.
– Michael Phelps
I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.
– Michael Phelps
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.
– Michael Phelps
I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
– 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 won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
– Michael Phelps
I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
– 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
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
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'
– Michael Phelps
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
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
– Michael Phelps
There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me.
– 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
When the Australians walked out, the crowd went nuts, and when we walked out, the crowd went even more nuts. I can't describe how amazing that was. Three thousand people were here rooting for the two strongest swimming nations. I'll never forget that, and I was glad to be part of it.
– Michael Phelps
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
– Michael Phelps
This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30 if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
– Michael Phelps
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
– 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
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
– Michael Phelps
I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
– Michael Phelps
I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
– Michael Phelps
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.
– Michael Phelps
Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.
– Michael Phelps
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.
– Michael Phelps