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" 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. "
Michael Phelps
Water
Forward
I Am
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" I'm so sick of the water. "
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" I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. "
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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. "
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" So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas. "
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" My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' "
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" 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. "
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" You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. "
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" 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. "
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" If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy. "
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Dinner
Me
" I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more. "
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Used
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" I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious. "
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I Believe
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" I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time. "
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You
Work
" 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. "
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Hotel
Say
" 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. "
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World
Think
American
" I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. "
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Pretty
Want
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" I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy. "
Michael Phelps
Conservative
Live
Life
" 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. "
Michael Phelps
School
High School
Growing Up
" 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. "
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Me
Honor
Time
" For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was. "
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People
Kid
Long
" 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. "
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Talk
Hero
You
" 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. "
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Swimming
Mark
Him
" I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart. "
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Me
Know
Heart
" I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go. "
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Go
Want
Up
" 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. "
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Motivation
Think
You
" I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused. "
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Music
Me
Stay Focused
" Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' "
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Up
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" I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong. "
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Water
Home
" 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. "
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You
Work
" I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere. "
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World
Masters
World Cup