--- title: "18 Swim Quotes By Michael Phelps" description: "18 Swim quotes by Michael Phelps. Plus more from Michael Phelps and more Swim sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/michael-phelps-2388_aaron_i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in_567595.jpg" --- > [I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in-me/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/michael-phelps-2388_aaron_i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in_567595.jpg) > [You can't put a limit anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/michael-phelps-2388_athlete_you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything-317831_317831.jpg) > [Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/michael-phelps-2388_can-do_eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do-1_1746418.jpg) > [I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-treat-every-race-the-same-we-all-wanted-to-swim-fast-today-and-give/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/michael-phelps-2388_crowds_i-treat-every-race-the-same-we-all-wante_2908385.jpg) > [It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/it-s-the-olympics-if-you-can-t-get-up-to-swim-early-in-the-morning/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/michael-phelps-2388_get-up_it-s-the-olympics-if-you-can-t-get-up-to_1131813.jpg) > [If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/if-you-re-not-on-your-a-game-in-our-workouts-every-day-you-re-going/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/michael-phelps-2388_every-day_if-you-re-not-on-your-a-game-in-our-work_651545.jpg) > [If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/if-i-didn-t-swim-my-best-i-d-think-about-it-at-school-at-dinner-with/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/michael-phelps-2388_crazy_if-i-didn-t-swim-my-best-i-d-think-about_507599.jpg) > [Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/other-nights-i-visualize-to-the-point-that-i-know-exactly-what-i-want/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/michael-phelps-2388_back-again_other-nights-i-visualize-to-the-point-th_959532.jpg) > [I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-like-to-get-in-my-own-world-when-i-m-getting-ready-for-a-meet-i/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/michael-phelps-2388_fired-up_i-like-to-get-in-my-own-world-when-i-m-g_2449019.jpg) > [I am excited to have the opportunity to help provide the same swim instruction that I received as a child when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-am-excited-to-have-the-opportunity-to-help-provide-the-same-swim/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/michael-phelps-2388_children_i-am-excited-to-have-the-opportunity-to_535535.jpg) > [I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-ve-always-been-fortunate-in-that-i-ve-been-able-to-put-myself-in-my/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/michael-phelps-2388_able_i-ve-always-been-fortunate-in-that-i-ve_735959.jpg) > [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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/this-is-my-20th-year-in-the-sport-i-ve-known-swimming-and-that-s-it-i/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/michael-phelps-2388_able_this-is-my-20th-year-in-the-sport-i-ve-k_434447.jpg) > [Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/water-has-always-been-a-large-part-of-my-life-so-for-me-now-being-a/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/michael-phelps-2388_being-a-father_water-has-always-been-a-large-part-of-my_1493396.jpg) > [I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-always-have-on-my-headphones-to-block-out-all-of-the-other/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/michael-phelps-2388_block_i-always-have-on-my-headphones-to-block_2458810.jpg) > [Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/before-the-olympic-trials-i-was-doing-a-lot-of-relaxing-exercises-and/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/michael-phelps-2388_done_before-the-olympic-trials-i-was-doing-a_1224003.jpg) > [For recovery, I think it's a big deal to eat within a half-hour after you exercise. Otherwise I just try to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/for-recovery-i-think-it-s-a-big-deal-to-eat-within-a-half-hour-after/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/michael-phelps-2388_bags_for-recovery-i-think-it-s-a-big-deal-to_2967974.jpg) > [I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-m-fortunate-to-have-an-amazing-strong-mother-who-is-so-supportive/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/michael-phelps-2388_consequence_i-m-fortunate-to-have-an-amazing-strong_991156.jpg) > [I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-wanted-to-get-the-fastest-time-in-the-world-this-year-but-with/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/michael-phelps-2388_crowds_i-wanted-to-get-the-fastest-time-in-the_3027973.jpg) ## Other authors on Swim ## More by Michael Phelps > [The support I've received from my sponsors has enabled me to raise the bar in swimming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/the-support-i-ve-received-from-my-sponsors-has-enabled-me-to-raise/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-m-definitely-ahead-of-the-schedule-where-i-thought-i-was-going-to/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/you-can-t-put-a-limit-on-anything-the-more-you-dream-the-farther-you/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-think-with-practice-you-can-being-whatever-you-want-to-be-and-with/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-learned-how-fast-you-can-go-from-being-an-international-hero-to/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-m-the-same-kind-of-guy-before-all-this-happened/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/the-only-reason-i-started-swimming-was-for-water-safety-then-once-i/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-don-t-like-to-be-second-in-anything-i-was-trying-i-just-wasn-t/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/every-day-there-s-always-something-to-be-worried-about-you-turn-on/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-want-to-test-my-maximum-and-see-how-much-i-can-do-and-i-want-to/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [You can't put a limit anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-haven-t-swam-in-any-of-the-rivers-outside-of-baltimore-i-try-to/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/this-is-my-20th-year-in-the-sport-i-ve-known-swimming-and-that-s-it-i/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/anything-is-possible-as-long-as-you-want-it-you-work-for-it-doesn-t/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) > [Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/nothing-is-impossible-with-so-many-people-saying-it-couldn-t-be-done/) [Michael Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-phelps/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/swim/michael-phelps/#itemlist", "name": "18 Swim Quotes By Michael Phelps", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Phelps" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/michael-phelps-2388_aaron_i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in_567595.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/michael-phelps-2388_aaron_i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in_567595.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/michael-phelps-2388_aaron_i-feel-like-aaron-brings-out-the-best-in_567595.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me” — Michael Phelps", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't put a limit anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Phelps" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/michael-phelps-2388_athlete_you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything-317831_317831.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/michael-phelps-2388_athlete_you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything-317831_317831.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/michael-phelps-2388_athlete_you-can-t-put-a-limit-anything-317831_317831.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't put a limit anything.” — Michael Phelps", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Phelps" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-phelps/eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/michael-phelps-2388_can-do_eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do-1_1746418.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/michael-phelps-2388_can-do_eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do-1_1746418.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/michael-phelps-2388_can-do_eat-sleep-and-swim-that-s-all-i-can-do-1_1746418.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do,” — Michael Phelps", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I treat every race the same. 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