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Michael Phelps [1985-0] American

Rank: 101
Athlete, Swimmer

Michael Fred Phelps II is an American former competitive swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.

Sports, Home, Cool, Mom, Age, Best, Change, Fitness, History, Life, Time, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.	Sports	101
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.	Fitness, Home	102
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.	Life	103
I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.	Sports	104
I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.	Time, Work	105
I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.		106
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.	Cool, History	107
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.	Home	108
I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.		109
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.	Best	110
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.	Home	111
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.	Change	112
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.		113
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.	Age, Sports	114
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.	Sports	115
The more you dream the more you achieve.		116
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.		117
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.	Mom	118
I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.		119
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.		120
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.		121
I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.		122
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.		123
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.	Sports	124
It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.	Cool, Sports	125
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.	Mom	126
I can't remember the last day I didn't train.		201
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.		202
I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.		203
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.		204
If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.		205
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.		206
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.		207
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.		208
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.		209
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.		210
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.		211
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.		212
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.		213
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.		214
Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?		215
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.		216
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.		217
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'		218
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.		219
I'm so sick of the water.		220
Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.		221
I got the stamina. I can close.		222
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.		223
Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.		224
Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'		225

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