Michael Phelps > Quotes

“So many people along the way,whatever it is you aspire to do,will tell you it can't be done.But all it takes is imagination.You dream.You plan.You reach. There will be obstacles.There will be doubters.There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you,there are no limits.”
― Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson, No Limits the Will to Succeed

“You’re tired; you feel you can’t move; you’re truly hurting. That’s when he would throw down especially hard sets.”
― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

“You can make a million mistakes, just not the same one twice.”
― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

“With so many people saying it couldn't be done, all it takes is an imagination.”
― Michael Phelps

“But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication.”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“Perseverance, determination, commitment, and courage - those things are real. The desire for redemption drives you. And the will to succeed - it’s everything. That’s why, on the pool deck in Beijing in the summer of 2008, there were sometimes no words, only screams.”
― Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson

“no goal is too high if you put your mind to it.”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”
― Michael Phelps

“In some sports, you can just get by on a lot of natural talent. In swimming, it helps to be long and lean, but you can’t be good at it without putting in the work. There is a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it.”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“In some sports, you can excel if you have natural talent. Not in swimming. You can have all the talent in the world, be built just the right way, but you can’t be good or get good without hard work. In swimming, there’s a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it.”
― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

“In some sports, you can just get by on a lot of natural talent. In swimming, it helps to be long and lean, but you can’t be good at it without putting in the work. There is a direct connection between what you put into it and what you get out of it. If you have big ears or trouble focusing, but you work harder than the guy in the lane next to you, you’ll beat him.” In”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“I want to change the sport of swimming. I want people to talk about it, think about it, and look forward to seeing it. I want them to want to jump in and do it. That’s my goal.” After”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

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

“That’s it. That’s Bob’s game. His drill, while sometimes fabulously complex, is really quite simple—make a habit of doing things others weren’t willing to do.

There are plenty of people with some amount of talent. Are you willing to go farther, work harder, be more committed and dedicated than anyone else?

If others were inclined to take Sunday off, well, that just meant we might be one-seventh better.
For five years, from 1998 to 2003, we did not believe in days off. I had one because of a snowstorm, two more due to the removal of wisdom teeth. Christmas? See you at the pool. Thanksgiving? Pool. Birthdays? Pool. Sponsor obligations? Work them out around practice time.”
― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

“Eat. Swim. Do other workouts, like weightlifting. Sleep. That was the
routine. Believe me, working out that hard in the morning and then again in
the afternoon made a nap no luxury. It was an essential.”
― Michael Phelps, No Limits: The Will to Succeed

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

“Some days you learn from a book; other days you learn from hours of practice; and then there are the times you’re so embarrassed by something, you know you’ll never do it again. That”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“Start with three sandwiches of fried eggs, cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried onions and mayonnaise; add one omelet, a bowl of grits and three slices of French toast with powdered sugar; then wash down with three chocolate chip pancakes”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story

“I’ve listened to that song before each race. I won’t repeat all the words, but it begins like this: Sometimes you feel tired, feel weak When you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up But you gotta search within you, find that inner strength. I toweled off the block in my lane, Lane 4, took the headphones off, and stretched my legs against”
― Michael Phelps, Beneath the Surface: My Story