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We're all a little tired.
I'm so sick of the water.
Records are made to be broken.
I got the stamina. I can close.
You can't put a limit anything.
Any Olympic sport is great to watch.
Once I retire, I'm retiring. I'm done.
The more you dream the more you achieve.
Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.
I finished my career the way I wanted to.
Things can change in the blink of an eye!
I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me
Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?
I can't remember the last day I didn't train.
Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.
I've never lifted a single weight in my life.
It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.
Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.
I try to separate my personal life from swimming.
When you use your imagination anything can happen.
I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
When I race, I don't think about it; it just happens.
I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.
I'm a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's.
Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.
Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.
I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past.
The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.
If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.
Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.
If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.
If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.
You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps
It's the Olympics. If you can't get up to swim early in the morning, don't go.
I see my goals as personal and I always have. That's just been how I've worked.
I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.
I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.
I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.
I think everybody pees in the pool. It's kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.
My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.
Every sponsor I've had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.
I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.