Top 90 Michael Phelps Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “It’s not how you start, but it’s how you finish.”

— Michael Phelps

2. “If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.”

— Michael Phelps

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3. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

4. “I can’t remember the last day I didn’t train.”

— Michael Phelps

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5. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

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6. “The more you dream the more you achieve.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

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9. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

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10. “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

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13. “It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.”

— Michael Phelps

14. “When I’m focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I’m gonna get there.”

— Michael Phelps

15. “Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home.”

— Michael Phelps

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16. “Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination.”

— Michael Phelps

17. “Things can change in the blink of an eye!”

— Michael Phelps

18. “I’m kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it’s like second nature.”

— Michael Phelps

19. “We’re all a little tired.”

— Michael Phelps

20. “I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or I come in last, I’m ready for anything.”

— Michael Phelps

21. “I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that’s really how I’ve always lived my life.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

23. “When you use your imagination anything can happen.”

— Michael Phelps

24. “I don’t want to be the next Mark Spitz; I want to be the first Michael Phelps.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

27. “If you say “can’t” you’re restricting what you can do or ever will do.”

— Michael Phelps

28. “When I race, I don’t think about it; it just happens.”

— Michael Phelps

29. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

30. “Nobody is going to put a limit on what I’m doing.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

32. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

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

— Michael Phelps

34. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

35. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

36. “I got the stamina. I can close.”

— Michael Phelps

37. “My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, ‘I’m an Olympic gold medalist.’”

— Michael Phelps

38. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

39. “If I want to achieve the goals I’ve set, I’ve got to be in tip-top shape.”

— Michael Phelps

40. “I won’t predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.”

— Michael Phelps

41. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

42. “If you’re not on your ‘A’ game in our workouts every day, you’re going to get absolutely smoked.”

— Michael Phelps

43. “I don’t like to be second in anything. I was trying, I just wasn’t going anywhere.”

— Michael Phelps

44. “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.”

— Michael Phelps

45. “Why is it such a big deal what I’m swimming?”

— Michael Phelps

46. “I try to separate my personal life from swimming.”

— Michael Phelps

47. “Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.”

— Michael Phelps

48. “Swimming is fun. It’s a lot funner than golf.”

— Michael Phelps

49. “My strategy is that I actually have absolutely no strategy.”

— Michael Phelps

50. “I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.”

— Michael Phelps