Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

#i #once #retire #retiring

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#china #claimed #e-mail #get #girl

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

#compared #compliments #could #ever #get

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

#always #back #end #even #getting

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

— Michael Phelps

#be real #day #every #every day #going

I am 26 and, and I don't recover as fast as I have in the past. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #i #i am #in the past #past

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#i #myself #normal #pool #something

I got the stamina. I can close. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#got #i #i can #stamina

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

#fast #go #hero #how #i

I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#does #dream #goal #goes #how