Źródło: sport.pl, Londyn 2012. Pływanie. Phelps: Tak, sikamy do basenu, 7 sierpnia 2012 http://www.sport.pl/londyn2012/1,125852,12267298.html
Michael Phelps słynne cytaty
Źródło: sport.pl http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,92385,5570979,Michael_Phelps___fenomen_plynie_do_historii.html
Źródło: Michael Phelps wyznał, że miał myśli samobójcze. "Nie chciałem już dalej żyć" sport.pl, 20 kwietnia 2018 http://www.sport.pl/plywanie/7,64995,23295899,michael-phelps-wyznal-ze-mial-mysli-samobojcze-nie-chcialem.html#Z_Prze
Michael Phelps: Cytaty po angielsku
“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/])