Michael Phelps Quotes
"Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'"
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Day)
"I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened."
- Michael Phelps
"I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Thought)
"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."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Life, Future, Options)
"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
(Related: Time, History, Opportunity, Honor, Now)
"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."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Time, Work, Mind)
"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
(Related: Change, Successful, Want)
"I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Change, Want, World)
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Dream)
"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Time, Work, Mind)
"I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Nothing)
"My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'"
- Michael Phelps
(Related: People, Goal, Gold, World)
"Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Home)
"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
(Related: Pretty, Scotland, Woman)
"If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy."
- Michael Phelps
(Related: Friends, School)