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Michael Phelps

(1985) Swimmer United States

169 quotes in 666 categories

Michael Phelps credits his sponsors for giving him the chance to raise the bar in swimming. He believes there are no limits on dreams, saying the more you imagine, the farther you can go. He also shares that he began swimming for water safety before falling in love with the sport.

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Michael Phelps is a swimmer from the United States, best known for Beneath the surface.

Quick Facts About Michael Phelps

Born: June 30, 1985
Nationality: United States
Profession: Swimmer
Notable works: Beneath the surface
Spouse: Nicole Johnson

About Michael Phelps

He holds the all‑time records for Olympic gold medals (23), individual gold medals (13) and individual medals (16). At the 2004 Athens Games he earned six gold and two bronze medals, tying the record for eight medals in one Games. In 2008 Beijing he won eight gold medals, breaking Mark Spitz’s record. In 2012 London he added four gold and two silver medals, and in 2016 Rio he earned five gold and one silver, making him the most successful athlete at four consecutive Olympics.

Awards & Honors

Associated Press Athlete of the Year

Quotes by Michael Phelps

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

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The more you dream the more you achieve.

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We're all a little tired.

Inspirational

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Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

Fun

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I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

Life

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

Life

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I finished my career the way I wanted to.

Career

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Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do,

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Every sponsor I've had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.

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You can't put a limit on aything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Dream

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

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I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

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I'm kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it's like second nature.

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

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We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

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My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.

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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.'

Goal

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I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time…

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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…

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I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to…

Fired up

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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…

Day

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The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more…

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Growing up in high school, I wasn't hanging out with friends every day or on the weekends. Doing normal high school kid…

Day

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I knew I was not a failure in any way, and so did those close to me. It doesn't matter if you…

Failure

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I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim,…

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I felt comfortable in the water. I was in my own world, focused. I love sports and I'm a very goal-oriented person.…

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I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up -…

Consequence

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And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you…

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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;…

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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…

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“I'm doing this for me. If I don't become as successful as you all think I would be or should be and…

Success

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A buddy of mine actually read of me being in the names of Tiger Woods and Roger Federer. That is a pretty…

Sports

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If you look at me, basically my whole entire life I've been around water. So when you look at a stat like,…

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If we can continue to come together and work on small things little by little, at least it's something. It's a start.…

Change

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And I hope seeing a therapist becomes 10 times easier in the future. For me, once I came out of treatment, I…

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There are so many things that I still want to do. My foundation, growing my brand . . . the list is…

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With social media, so many people have anxiety and depression because of it. Of course technology is somewhat good, but it can…

Anxiety

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Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the…

Being a father

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We need to make seeing a therapist more accessible; we've got to crack down on this and allow people the opportunity to…

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I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also…

Age

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Michael Phelps by topic

Sports (24) Time (17) Water (16) People (16) Thinking (15) Olympics (15) Goals (15) Goal (15) World (14) Life (14) Inspirational (14) Success (12) Dreams (10)