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Swimming Quotes by Michael Phelps
- 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.
- This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain…
- I'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have.…
- I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
- We're all a little tired.
- We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.
- When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of four guys…
- I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew…
- I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
- Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1 earlier in the…
- Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
- Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
- I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
- I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I…
- I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
- I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?'…
- I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's…
- I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
- Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?
- Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and…
- It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.
- 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 continue…
- Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd…
- A buddy of mine actually read of me being in the names of Tiger Woods and Roger Federer. That is a pretty big accomplishment and…
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- I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually… — Jo Brand
- I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13… — Jo Brand
- Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. — Warren Buffett
- In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large… — Nolan Bushnell
- I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side… — Jenson Button
- There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets… — Kris Carr
- I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. — Jimmy Carter
- Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That's just common sense! — George Carlin
- When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to… — Ian Thorpe