Michael Phelps

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

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.