Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II is an American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals in three Olympiads. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals, Olympic gold medals in individual events, and Olympic medals in individual events for a male. In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record away from fellow American swimmer Mark Spitzfor the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth30 June 1985
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.
If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.
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.
Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.
I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.
I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.
If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.
I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.
When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.
The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.
It's tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to. Through the ups and downs of my career I've still been able to do everything that I've ever wanted to accomplish.
I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I'm 23 years old and despite the successes I've had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.