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" Growing up in high school, I wasn't hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid things was something I was willing to give up. "

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" It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do. "

Michael Phelps

You

Care

Job

" I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet. "

" I try to separate my personal life from swimming. "

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

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Michael Phelps

I Am

Fast

" I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life. "

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

Michael Phelps

Always

Used

" 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 anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm so sick of the water. "

Michael Phelps

Water

Sick

" I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day. "

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

" 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

Crazy

Dinner

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

Michael Phelps

Feel

Mom

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life. "

" I think everybody pees in the pool. It's kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers. "

" I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be. "

" 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. "

" 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

Going

Practice

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

" 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

Honor

Time