240 Quotes by Michael Phelps

People really expect to get news and information for free. They get it free on TV, they get it free on the web, and there's no reason they shouldn't get it free in the newspaper.

A newspaper with shorter stories, more stories, and enormous emphasis on local news which is the news people don't get.

A lot of new obstacles are coming, a lot of new feelings are coming, ... I'm just taking it for what it is and learning from the mistakes I had this year.

It's kind of a weird change, coming from Baltimore to Ann Arbor because its so much smaller. I like bigger towns better.

It's great for us coming off an Olympics to have a team like this.

It takes a lot more out of you racing in the finals. I think it's definitely a lot different from the trials, a whole lot more emotionally draining.

That's an indication I'm sort of starting to fade.

The last 20 meters weren't very good, they didn't feel good,

I knew it would take a world record to win this race, ... He was better prepared than I was for this race. The Texas guys have awesome starts and turns -- two things I don't do well. Those are two things I need to improve on before Athens.