Michael Phelps

I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.