{"author":"Michael Phelps","author_id":"Michael+Phelps","total_quotes":18,"quotes":[{"text":"Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["happy","school","golf "],"id":1694,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"It’s the Olympics. If you can’t get up to swim early in the morning, don’t go.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["inspirational","leisure","sports"],"id":6970,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["eyes","american","world "],"id":15841,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["dream","swimming","changing "],"id":28515,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"So many people along the way,whatever it is you aspire to do, will tell you it can't be done. But it all it takes is imagination. You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there no limits,.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["belief","confidence","inspirational","olympics","phelps","swimming"],"id":121429,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["appreciation"],"id":155063,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["generation","successful","want "],"id":165789,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["history","motivation","want "],"id":165945,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["change the world","world "],"id":203948,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"},{"text":"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.","author":"Michael Phelps","tags":["dream","limit","you "],"id":211674,"author_id":"Michael+Phelps"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}