Michael Phelps Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.”

“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.”

“I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.”

“My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.”

“There were times I wouldn't come to practice, because it didn't excite me. It wasn't interesting. I was kind of going through the motions.”

“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.”

“I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal.”

“I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.”

“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.'”