I just felt like I can try to do something special.

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"My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could."

- Chad le Clos

Motivation

"The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is that you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There’s no time to do anything else."

- Chad le Clos

Hard Work

"The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There’s no time to do anything else."

- Chad le Clos

Adversity

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition