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" 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. "

Michael Phelps

Important

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" Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming? "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do. "

" I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day. "

" I can't remember the last day I didn't train. "

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

Michael Phelps

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Used

" 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 always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. "

" Any Olympic sport is great to watch. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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

" I got the stamina. I can close. "

" I got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a system. I stuck my Xbox in there. I had to go for it. "

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

" 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. "