Michael Phelps Quotes (40 Quotes)

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.

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 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.

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.

I looked over and I thought 'Oh, man, I've got Roland again'

That's the most pain I've ever been in after a 200. It's exhaustion more than anything.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

I'm the same kind of guy before all this happened.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Folks between the ages of 25 and 54, households with children, households with a median income of 73,000, that's our target demographic.

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.

This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.

I knew it would take a world record to win this race, ... He was better prepared than I was for this race. The Texas guys have awesome starts and turns -- two things I don't do well. Those are two things I need to improve on before Athens.

The last 20 meters weren't very good, they didn't feel good,

We wanted to secure the top spot, we wanted to be safe on the relay takeoffs, ... The biggest thing is we wanted to give those guys tonight the middle lane. We expect a fast swim from those four guys.

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.

Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

I have the opportunity to be part of swimming history. To take the sport to a new level would be an honor for me. There's no better time to try this than now.

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

We're eager to have our readers be able to read the newspaper in 18 to 19 minutes. My wife calls it 'Newspapers Without Guilt.' I can read the newspaper, get through this newspaper before it goes on the recycling stack.

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

I was really hurting pretty bad the final 75 meters, I was definitely in pain, ... My body has been beaten up pretty good in the last three months.

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

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.

When we got in the race, we knew what we had to do and knew what we wanted to do. Having three of four guys from the American record 800 free relay is a pretty solid relay, so we thought we could take a crack at (the U.S. Open record) tonight. We're all a little tired, but that's fifth-fastest American relay ever, so it's not a bad time. We ended tonight on a great note.

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

When we have a home crowd like this and the excitement that we have, it carries us a long way, ... We knew it was going to be tough. The Aussies weren't going to roll over and let us dominate. That's how they are, and how they've always been.

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

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.

I treat every race the same. We all wanted to swim fast today and give something back to the crowd.

A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the news people don't get.

Bob and I have gotten into it a number, number of times.

When the Australians walked out, the crowd went nuts, and when we walked out, the crowd went even more nuts. I can't describe how amazing that was. Three thousand people were here rooting for the two strongest swimming nations. I'll never forget that, and I was glad to be part of it.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.