Top 35 Michael Phelps Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

There are too many kids who are drowning for lack of water safety. That’s something I’d like to do. Teaching kids to live an active lifestyle.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV’s in there, and installed a system. I stuck my Xbox in there. I had to go for it.

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.

I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

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 try to separate my personal life from swimming.

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

I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I want to retire how I want to retire – and I have a great opportunity to do that.

I’ve never lifted a single weight in my life.

Every sponsor I’ve had has been something that fit my lifestyle, fit my personality.

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

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.

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

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

I got the stamina. I can close.

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