Michael Phelps Quotes

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Michael Phelps Quotes

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.

It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or you – whatever you excel at. You’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.

If you’re not serious about training, conditioning, and practice. You’re not serious about being your best.

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage – those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination.

Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.

I think with practice, you can be whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

My mum and I joke that I had a middle school teacher who said I’d never be successful.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work…there are no limits.

If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.

Nobody is going to put a limit on what I’m doing.

When you use your imagination anything can happen.

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish.

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.

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.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.

It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.

I’m kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it’s like second nature.

We’re all a little tired.

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 get myself fired up.

If you say “can’t” you’re restricting what you can do or ever will do.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

When I race, I don’t think about it; it just happens.

I don’t want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps.

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.

People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.

I got the stamina. I can close.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’

I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

If I want to achieve the goals I’ve set, I’ve got to be in tip-top shape.

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.

Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?

If you’re not on your ‘A’ game in our workouts every day, you’re going to get absolutely smoked.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

Swimming is fun. It’s a lot funner than golf.

But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication.

Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait... this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.

I want to change the sport of swimming. I want people to talk about it, think about it, and look forward to seeing it. I want them to want to jump in and do it. That’s my goal.” After.

You’re tired; you feel you can’t move; you’re truly hurting. That’s when he would throw down especially hard sets.

You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice.

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We’ll take that for right now.

So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.

I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

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 it.

I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.

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.

I see my goals as personal and I always have. That’s just been how I’ve worked.

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.

Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.

I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me.

My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I’ve learned to get a grip and take care of myself.

It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.

I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.

Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.

I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.

Before, it came easy for me. I don’t have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.

I finished my career the way I wanted to.

I’m so sick of the water.

I don’t like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn’t going anywhere.

If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

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.

Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.

Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.

I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

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I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
It doesn’t matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or you – whatever you excel at. You’re there to take care of the job that you have to do.
If you’re not serious about training, conditioning, and practice. You’re not serious about being your best.
Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage – those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.
Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination.
Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.
I think with practice, you can be whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
My mum and I joke that I had a middle school teacher who said I’d never be successful.
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work…there are no limits.
If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
Nobody is going to put a limit on what I’m doing.
When you use your imagination anything can happen.
Things can change in the blink of an eye!
It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish.
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.
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.
The more you dream the more you achieve.
I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.
You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.
It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.
I’m kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it’s like second nature.
We’re all a little tired.
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 get myself fired up.
If you say “can’t” you’re restricting what you can do or ever will do.
Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.
When I race, I don’t think about it; it just happens.
I don’t want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps.
The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.
People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
I got the stamina. I can close.
I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.
My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’
I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
If I want to achieve the goals I’ve set, I’ve got to be in tip-top shape.
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.
Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?
If you’re not on your ‘A’ game in our workouts every day, you’re going to get absolutely smoked.
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven’t done anything crazy.
Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.
Swimming is fun. It’s a lot funner than golf.
But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication.
Every day after I wake up, I think, ‘Wait... this can’t be real; I’m still going to wake up.
I want to change the sport of swimming. I want people to talk about it, think about it, and look forward to seeing it. I want them to want to jump in and do it. That’s my goal.” After.
You’re tired; you feel you can’t move; you’re truly hurting. That’s when he would throw down especially hard sets.
You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice.
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We’ll take that for right now.
So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.
I consider myself normal. I’ve spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that’s normal.
I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.
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 it.
I’ve been able to get an excitement back in the water.
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.
I see my goals as personal and I always have. That’s just been how I’ve worked.
I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show.
Once I’m already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It’s like a giant box. It’s like the boy in a bubble.
I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me.
My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.
I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
Not having to travel and being able to settle in has helped me in training life and school life. I’ve learned to get a grip and take care of myself.
It’s cool just because I’ve had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it’s finally happening.
I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don’t go much any more.
Once I retire, I’m retiring. I’m done.
I’m the same kind of guy before all this happened.
Before, it came easy for me. I don’t have two speeds anymore. I need to focus on the small things that I once took for granted.
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
I believe in God; I’m not saying I’m highly religious.
I finished my career the way I wanted to.
I’m so sick of the water.
I don’t like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn’t going anywhere.
If I didn’t swim my best, I’d think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.
If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
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.
Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.
Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.
I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
If you say
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.
Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.
I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps
If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.
We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.
If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.