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.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to my private life - to take a breath of fresh air and be in the countryside or on a golf course.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.