Michael Phelps Quotes About Stamina, Life, Impossible, Pool

Michael Phelps Quotes:

I got the stamina. I can close.
Michael Phelps

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

I haven’t swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.
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

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

I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.
Michael Phelps

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.
Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps with wife
Source: New York Post

Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?
Michael Phelps

I wouldn’t say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
Michael Phelps

I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go… anywhere.
Michael Phelps

I think everybody pees in the pool. It’s kind of a normal thing to do for swimmers.
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

I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.
Michael Phelps

I still remember the days, not wanting to see anybody, not wanting to talk to anybody, really not wanting to live. I was on an express elevator to the bottom floor, wherever that might be.
Michael Phelps

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

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

People say to me, ‘You’re so lucky. You get to see the world.’ But I don’t. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That’s it.
Michael Phelps

I am 26 and, and I don’t recover as fast as I have in the past.
Michael Phelps

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.
Michael Phelps

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

I’m so sick of the water.
Michael Phelps

This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence.
Michael Phelps

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