Michael Phelps Quotes

It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.

~ Michael Phelps

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

~ Michael Phelps

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

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

~ Michael Phelps

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

~ Michael Phelps

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

~ Michael Phelps

I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.

~ Michael Phelps

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

~ Michael Phelps

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.

~ Michael Phelps

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.

~ Michael Phelps

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

~ Michael Phelps

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

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

~ Michael Phelps

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.

~ Michael Phelps

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

~ Michael Phelps

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.

~ Michael Phelps