Michael Phelps Quotes

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• Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel…
• I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can....…
• I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to…
• 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 lucky to be…
• If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
• I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
• I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or…
• I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with…
• When I race, I don't think about it; it just happens.
• The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
• You can't put a limit anything.
• I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps
• Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.
• [Phelps] firmly denies that he takes drugs, suggesting that the notorious photo of him smoking from a bong was a one-time lapse of judgment.
• I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.
• Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.
• Other nights ... I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit…
• Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was…
• For recovery, I think it's a big deal to eat within a half-hour after you exercise. Otherwise I just try to put carbs into my…
• I finished my career the way I wanted to.

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