This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great.… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.' — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way,… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I think the Special Olympics and the Olympics are actually pretty similar. We all have dreams and we all have goals. And… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
If you'd asked me that right after the Olympics, I would have said no, but at this point I think it has.… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
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;… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I don't know for sure. I'll definitely go another four years and then see what happens. I would love to swim in… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
The support I've received from my sponsors has enabled me to raise the bar in swimming. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I'm definitely ahead of the schedule where I thought I was going to be at. I'm really happy. I was excited to race and… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Every day, there's always something to be worried about; you turn on the news and see something different every day, and it's terrible. Hopefully,… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
