Michael Phelps

“אין דבר מתוק יותר מניצחון.”

“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.”

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

“I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.”

“I want to go to the World Cup. I want to go to the Masters. I want to go... anywhere.”

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

“I got a Cadillac Escalade. Put some rims on it, threw a couple TV's in there, and installed a system. I stuck my Xbox in there. I had to go for it.”

“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.”

“I got the stamina. I can close.”

“It doesn't matter what else is going on. When you walk into your arena or your - whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do.”

“Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?”

“So, you know, if, if I wanted to get up and just play golf one day, I would just get up and play golf. If I wanted to go to Vegas, I would just get up and go to Vegas.”

“I've never lifted a single weight in my life.”

“Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble.”

“I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.”

“I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.”

“I eat pretty much whatever I want. I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can.”

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

“I usually try to eat lot of calories. With so many events, it is important to sustain a high level of energy through the entire meet. I usually eat two hours before a meet.”

“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.”