Michael Phelps

thumb|right|Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Michael Fred Phelps (born 30 June 1985) is an American swimmer, 23-time Olympic Gold medalist and holder of eight Olympic records and seven world records. Quotes 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/) Records are always made to be broken no matter what they are. Anybody can do anything that they set their mind to. 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/) 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. External links Category:Sportspeople from Maryland Category:Swimmers Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:People from Baltimore