The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more… — 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… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I am excited to have the opportunity to help provide the same swim instruction that I received as a child when I… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That's something I'd like to do. Teaching kids to… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong. — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water; that's the main goal. I think the… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
If you look at me, basically my whole entire life I've been around water. So when you look at a stat like,… — 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
I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. — 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