Michael Phelps frasi celebri
Origine: Citato in Emanuela Audisio, Papà Phelps conquista tutti addio al soldato del nuoto: "Ora conta solo la famiglia" http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2016/08/11/papa-phelps-conquista-tutti-addio-al-soldato-del-nuoto-ora-famiglia46.html, la Repubblica, 11 agosto 2016.
“Mangiare, dormire e nuotare: è tutto quello che so fare.”
Origine: Citato in La dieta di Phelps: 12000 calorie d'oro http://it.eurosport.com/nuoto/la-dieta-di-phelps_sto1666529/story.shtml, Eurosport.com, 14 agosto 2008.
“Non ho mai preteso di essere il nuovo Mark Spitz. Volevo essere semplicemente Michael Phelps.”
Origine: Da No limits. Volere è vincere, p. 11.
Michael Phelps: Frasi in inglese
“It's not how you start, but it's how you finish.”
Upon winning four Gold medals after the silver medal in his first race in Rome 2009.
Upon winning his eighth straight Gold medal and having set his eighth straight Olympic record, as well as his seventh world record, in his eight events in the 2008 Olympic Games, 17 August 2008. (Source: [Phelps wins historic eighth gold medal, CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/08/17/phelps.history.eight.golds/])
“Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.”
Upon winning his seventh straight Gold medal and having set his seventh straight Olympic record in as many events in the 2008 Olympic Games, 16 August 2008. (Source: [Phelps ties Spitz’s record with seventh gold medal… just barely, Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/15/phelps.100.butterfly.ap/])
