Michael Phelps Quotes About Goals

Quotes about: Goals

• I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

  Michael Phelps

  Thinking, Goal, Champion

• Swimming is more than a once-every-four-years sport. My goal is to bring attention to swimming - to give it some personality.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Swimming, Years

• I knew I was not a failure in any way, and so did those close to me. It doesn't matter if you fall short; it is never a failure to go after your goals with everything you've got.

  Michael Phelps

  Fall, Goal, Matter

  Michael Phelps (2012). “No Limits: The Will to Succeed”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

• My goal is one Olympic gold medal. Not many people in this world can say, 'I'm an Olympic gold medalist.'

  Michael Phelps

  Inspirational, Life, Sports

• I like to just think of myself as a normal person who just has a passion, has a goal and a dream and goes out and does it. And that's really how I've always lived my life.

  Michael Phelps

  Dream, Passion, Thinking

• One thing with me, and every goal I've had - in the sport of swimming, my mother didn't know my goals. The only person that knew my goals were my coaches.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Mother, Swimming

  Source: nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com

• There are so many things that I still want to do. My foundation, growing my brand . . . the list is endless. I'm honestly busier now than I was when I was swimming. It's kind of weird, but I feel like more of an adult because I have to do stuff every day. Whether it's checking emails or making phone calls or doing this and that, it's fun for me. It's the start of a new chapter. At times, it is frustrating, but I know it's not going to be easy to accomplish the goals that I want.

  Michael Phelps

  Fun, Swimming, Goal

  Source: www.popsugar.com

• I see my goals as personal and I always have. That's just been how I've worked.

  Michael Phelps

  Goal

  Source: nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com

• I was very fortunate at a young age to learn what goal setting is and how to take time and spend it the right way. I have a lot going on now, but I want my family to have everything I had growing up and more, and yeah, for me to do that there are times when I need to jump on a plane and travel around the world in a week. But also, it's like, if I start getting burnt out, I know when I need to take a break. Your body tells you; just listen to what your heart is saying.

  Michael Phelps

  Growing Up, Heart, Goal

  Source: www.sheknows.com

• I 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 Phelps

  Thinking, Practice, Goal

  Source: nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com

• I felt comfortable in the water. I was in my own world, focused. I love sports and I'm a very goal-oriented person. Once I started falling in love with sports, it was easy. I was able to put my mind on something and go for it. That's how I am with everything, it doesn't matter what it is that I do. If I want to do something, nothing will stand in my way.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Falling In Love, Water

  Source: www.parenting.com

• At a very young age, I wrote down the goals that I had so I could always see what I wanted to accomplish. And I would look at that goal sheet and think "I still want to do this."So I'd decide "I'm not quitting."

  Michael Phelps

  Thinking, Goal, Age

  Source: www.parenting.com

• If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

  Michael Phelps

  Goal, Shapes, Want

• I wanted to do something nobody ever did. This goes hand in hand with my goal of changing swimming.

  Michael Phelps

  Swimming, Hands, Goal

  "After College Graduation, What? Cultivating How to 'Think-Beyond'" by Vinita Gupta, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2016.

• Obviously for water safety, you want to learn just to be comfortable in the water; that's the main goal. I think the second that you start freaking out and feeling uncomfortable, it's not going to go well.

  Michael Phelps

  Thinking, Safety, Water

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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