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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. "

Michael Phelps

Vegas

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" Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name. "

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Friends

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

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

Michael Phelps

Kind

Guy

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Michael Phelps

I Am

Fast

" It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. "

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

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

Michael Phelps

Always

Used

" I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused. "

Michael Phelps

Music

Stay Focused

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

Michael Phelps

Feel

Mom

" I got the stamina. I can close. "