Michael Phelps Quotes

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work... THERE ARE NO LIMITS.

The more you dream the more you achieve.

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

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

If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up

Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage-those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you.

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.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.

Things won’t go perfect. It’s all about how you adapt from those things and learn from mistakes.

If you put your mind to anything that you dream, you can achieve it.

Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.

Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.

I knew I was not a failure in any way, and so did those close to me. It doesn't matter if you fall short; it is never a failure to go after your goals with everything you've got.

If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.

I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.

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.

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

Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.

I think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.

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.

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 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.

Things can change in the blink of an eye!

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

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

Anything is possible as long as you want it, you work for it. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks, the only person that can really put pressure on you is yourself

Eat, sleep and swim, that's all I can do.

I got the stamina. I can close.

I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

You can't put a limit anything.

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

When you use your imagination anything can happen.

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

I don't want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

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

We wanted to see how close we could get to the world record. We'll take that for right now.

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.

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.

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

Every day is different and every day brings something more exciting.

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.

If you're not on your 'A' game in our workouts every day, you're going to get absolutely smoked.

The only reason I started swimming was for water safety. Then, once I started falling in love with sports, I got more comfortable with it.

I'm so sick of the water.

It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.

People say to me, 'You're so lucky. You get to see the world.' But I don't. I go to the hotel and to the pools and back again. That's it.