Quotes from Michael Phelps

I got the stamina. I can close.

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

For so long, I looked at myself as literally a kid who was talented who would go up and down the pool. That's it. Nothing else. Very few people knew who I really was.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

Any Olympic sport is great to watch.

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

I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.

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'm a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy. I also like Cadbury's.

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

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

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

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

I knew I was not a failure in any way, and so did those close to me. It doesn't matter if you fall short; it is never a failure to go after your goals with everything you've got.

I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

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

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.

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 won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

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

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

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.