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" 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. "

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" 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

World

Think

American

" 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. "

" If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy. "

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

Michael Phelps

Wait

Day

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

" 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

Hotel

Say

" 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. "

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

Michael Phelps

Swimming

Fitness

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

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

" I've never lifted a single weight in my life. "

" 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 haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm so sick of the water. "

Michael Phelps

Water

Sick

" I got the stamina. I can close. "

" I'm a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's. "

Michael Phelps

Kind

Guy

" 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. "

" I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool. "

" There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle. "