3 December 2020 Michael Phelps 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 need to look into options for the future.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
3 December 2020 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 continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it’s kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps 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 think your mind really controls everything.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps 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 say, ‘Think about this.’ And I’d always end up getting back in the pool.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl’s requesting a signed photo of me.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps 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 no better time to try this than now.
3 December 2020 Michael Phelps I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
