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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.

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

Michael Phelps

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.

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

I got the stamina. I can close.

Michael Phelps

I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.

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.

Michael Phelps

I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.

Michael Phelps

I'll be working with kids for the rest of my life.

Michael Phelps

I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.

Michael Phelps

I want to continue the sport of swimming. I'm not going to give up until I think it's reached where I want it to go.

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.

Michael Phelps

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.

Michael Phelps

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

Michael Phelps

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

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.

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.

Michael Phelps

I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.

Michael Phelps

For the millionth time, I'm retired. I keep saying it, and people keep answering, 'Well, maybe he doesn't mean it this time.' But I do.

Michael Phelps

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

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.

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

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.

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.

Michael Phelps

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.

Michael Phelps

There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.

Michael Phelps

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.

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.

Michael Phelps

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

Michael Phelps

Any Olympic sport is great to watch.

Michael Phelps