Quotes By Michael Phelps

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

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.

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

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

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.

If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy.

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.

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

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

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.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

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

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

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