If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere. — 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 think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that. — 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
At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person… — 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
Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach… — 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 don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I felt comfortable in the water. I was in my own world, focused. I love sports and I'm a very goal-oriented person.… — 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
