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 More Quotes by Michael Phelps More Quotes From 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 late hero night The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it. Michael Phelps swimming falling-in-love sports If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked. Michael Phelps workout motivational sports We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now. Michael Phelps swimming records world I can't remember the last day I didn't train. Michael Phelps champion lasts remember Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. Michael Phelps swimming fitness home I'm fortunate to have an amazing, strong mother who is so supportive of everything me and my sisters did growing up - but she was someone who never forced us to go swim or to go do this or that. She helped us think about certain consequences when we needed to, but we made our own decisions. I think if I were forced to swim, I wouldn't have stayed in the pool as long as I did. Michael Phelps growing-up strong mother Every day, there's always something to be worried about; you turn on the news and see something different every day, and it's terrible. Hopefully, as Americans, and as the inhabitants of the world, we can come together. We need to change lives - whether that's conserving water, destigmatizing mental health treatment or something else. We can change lives. Michael Phelps life-changing together water Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.' Michael Phelps real sports thinking I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. Michael Phelps pool normal years Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name. Michael Phelps yeah lasts names 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 bed doors boys My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety. Michael Phelps safety mom water It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. Michael Phelps swimming dream sports Water has always been a large part of my life, so for me now, being a father with another child on the way, I'm just teaching some of the small things I've been able to learn - and passing that onto the younger generation. Small things like turning your faucet off when you brush your teeth, not taking a 30-minute shower when you really don't need to. So I want to teach the younger generation to spread the message and make a difference. I'm almost more excited to do this than I was to swim. Michael Phelps teaching father children 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 motivation use thinking I've been able to get an excitement back in the water. Michael Phelps excitement able water I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious. Michael Phelps i-believe religious believe I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also one day, at one point, clean water will be hard to find. There's so many people throughout the world that don't have access to clean water. Obviously we're extremely fortunate to have the opportunities that we have and to have all the water that we have. Like I said, and I can't say it enough, we all should work together to try and conserve as much as we possible can. Michael Phelps opportunity water people Records are made to be broken. Michael Phelps broken
