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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.
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I was able to not have the success I wanted but I was able to learn a lot over this week that will carry me for the next few years.
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