World Trans Sports posted archive video footage of Michael Phelps two years ago, talking about his journey back then and how he knew he would achieve greatness at the age of 18 itself:
Michael Phelps talks about his road to success
A man who has won 82 medals in major tournaments, out of which 65 are golds, is definitely not an ordinary man. Michael Phelps, often referred to as the ‘Flying Fish’, broke Mark Spitz’s 35-year long-standing record for the highest number of medals in a single Olympic event.
In 2004, Michael Phelps gave an interview in which he talked about his journey, his confidence in breaking world records, and his relationship with coach Bob Bowman.
He initially talked about crossing the mark in 4.08, which he eventually broke at the 2004 Olympics. Phelps went on to talk about how most of his time goes into swimming pool training and the atmosphere there:
Speaking about his training group and how close they are to him:
Speaking about his relationship with his coach Bob Bowman, he said,
Michael Phelps made his Olympic debut at the age of 15 in 2000. He was also the youngest male swimmer since Ralph Flanagan to compete in the Olympics. However, his first Olympic outing did not fetch him a medal but hinted that he would go on to become the next great in swimming.
Phelps later participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics, where he won six gold medals, missing Mark Spitz’s mark of seven first-place finishes in a single Olympic event. However, he crossed that mark at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning eight gold medals and establishing himself as the greatest Olympian of all time.
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