Top 51 Quotes by Michael Phelps

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I've been able to get an excitement back in the water.

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

I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.

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.

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.