Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to.
Michael PhelpsI think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.
Michael PhelpsI 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 PhelpsI'm kind of a creature of habit. Once I get used to doing things, it's like second nature.
Michael PhelpsI think with practice, you can being whatever you want to be, and with a goal you can go in any direction that you want to go in.
Michael PhelpsIf you look at me, basically my whole entire life I've been around water. So when you look at a stat like, "If you leave the faucet running for two minutes while you brush your teeth you waste four gallons of water," to me that's mind-blowing. There are so many people that don't even have access to clean water, and people leave their faucets running. For me it was something that fit with things that I believe in.
Michael Phelps