Michael Phelps Quotes About Swimming

Quotes about: Swimming

• 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

  Change, Successful, Swimming

  "The Legend of Michael Phelps". abcnews.go.com. August 14, 2016.

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

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Sports, Dream

  FaceBook post by Michael Phelps from Jan 19, 2012

• Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Years

• Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

• Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Exercise

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

  Michael Phelps

  Change, Swimming, World

• 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.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Compliments You

• 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.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Opportunity

• I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Rap

• 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.

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Fitness, Swimming

  "Michael Phelps' Top 5 Fundamentals for Pulling Off the Impossible" by Henrik Edberg, www.positivityblog.com. August 22, 2008.

• 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.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Needs

• I always have on my headphones to block out all of the other distractions and I'm just focused on doing the best that I can.... There a few of them ... DMX Party Up ... Mack 10 BC and Ice Cube Connected for Life. I also listen to the Eminem CD ...whichever song really gets me going that night

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Song

• I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

• If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Workout

• I feel like Aaron brings out the best in me

  Michael Phelps

  Motivational, Sports, Swimming

• You can't put a limit anything.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Cheerleading, Athlete

• I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Race, Giving

• This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Gold, Firsts

• Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 4:10.1 earlier in the year, and so you expect him to put up a good time in (the 200). I knew Ryan was going to be fast coming off his short course season, and he's improved a lot since Athens, so I just wanted to go out there and relax a bit and go out there and do what I had to do.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Race, Years

• I'm satisfied in a way because this is an eye opener for me, ... I didn't have the success I've always been able to have. I learned a lot.

  Michael Phelps

  Eye, Swimming, Able

• I don't like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn't going anywhere.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Trying

• We're all a little tired.

  Michael Phelps

  Tired, Swimming, Littles

• 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

• When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of four guys from the American record 800 free relay is a pretty solid relay, so we thought we could take a crack at the U.S. Open record tonight. We're all a little tired, but that's fifth-fastest American relay ever, so it's not a bad time. We ended tonight on a great note.

  Michael Phelps

  Tired, Swimming, Race

• I wanted to get the fastest time in the world this year, but with everything going on, it's a pretty decent swim, ... I knew I was under world record pace. You could tell by the crowd. You can always tell at these meets when something good is going on because of the crowd.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Years, Pace

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