Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II is an American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals in three Olympiads. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals, Olympic gold medals in individual events, and Olympic medals in individual events for a male. In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps took the record away from fellow American swimmer Mark Spitzfor the most first-place finishes at any single Olympic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth30 June 1985
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
He got remarried and went on his way and did his thing and we did our thing.
He just got out of the 100m fly, so I had a little advantage. But you know he's going to put something together.
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.
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.
Nobody is going to put a limit on what I'm doing.
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.
You always know he's going to put something together, ... He's got some speed, but we were able to hang on.
That's the most pain I've ever been in after a 200. It's exhaustion more than anything.
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.
I see my goals as personal and I always have. That's just been how I've worked.
I grew up around the pool with my sisters. Both of my sisters swam. I was always there. So I thought, why not? My mom put us in the water for water safety, so we were comfortable in the water in case anything ever happened. I learned that way, and started liking it more and more.
My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.