240 Quotes by Michael Phelps

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.

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.

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.

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.

We're eager to have our readers be able to read the newspaper in 18 to 19 minutes. My wife calls it 'Newspapers Without Guilt.' I can read the newspaper, get through this newspaper before it goes on the recycling stack.

With everything that's been going on, it's probably a decent swim for right now.