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 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)
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)
A lot of new obstacles are coming, a lot of new feelings are coming, ... I'm just taking it for what it is and learning from the mistakes I had this year. (Michael Phelps)
I looked over and I thought 'Oh, man, I've got Roland again' (Michael Phelps)
That's the most pain I've ever been in after a 200. It's exhaustion more than anything. (Michael Phelps)
I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team. (Michael Phelps)
I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened. (Michael Phelps)
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)
The first 100-yards felt real good and I knew I had a good pace going. It feels good hearing the crowd and really gets you going. Just want to thank them for all the help. (Michael Phelps)
People really expect to get news and information for free. They get it free on TV, they get it free on the web, and there's no reason they shouldn't get it free in the newspaper. (Michael Phelps)
We wanted to try something new to get more attention from the average Joe. Hopefully, everyone likes it and it will attract new fans to the sport. (Michael Phelps)
Coming into tonight, I knew it was going to be a great race, ... In the 400, Laszlo put up a 410.1 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 hes 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)
Folks between the ages of 25 and 54, households with children, households with a median income of 73,000, that's our target demographic. (Michael Phelps)
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)