The Golden Boy

Michael Phelps swam into history at the Beijing Olympics and now the 23-year-old phenom tells CNN's Anderson Cooper how his life has since changed.

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After all his achievement and still humble. One of the greatest Olympians.

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*the greatest

[@Nirsterkur]

He is the UNDISPUTED Greatest Olympian of All time.

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كم انت عظيم فالبس ان شاءالله ربي يرزقك الهداية

[@jesusguillermoberrelesmend5353]

One of the hardest working man in the world...

[@kennynakawaki]

4:22 “I got nothing left.” See it in his face, “Wow he is really tired.” I felt that.

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@@totaleuropeangenocide-ic1qw Haha! Yes sir! 👍🏻

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The best athlete in history

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Michael Phelps is the best swimmer.

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[@john-rossevering5370]

Yes he is

[@hege4318]

I wish there would be made a movie about swimming, Phelps av one of the actors ❤ (not documentary, but a swimming competition movie about a teenager trying to make it in swimming 😊 like all those cheerleader movies 😛) It would be motivating for young teens 😍

[@alanahale9522]

I’ve been looking for one of those but there isn’t any..😪

[@hege4318]

@@alanahale9522 I know 😉 the closest I find as motivating swimming stuff in movies or series is that one girl who swims in pretty little liars and H2O 😅

[@JoshS-ty4sk]

There’s a swimming movie called Pride. It’s great

[@hege4318]

@@JoshS-ty4sk thank you 😍

[@desipanda8942]

A movie on Michael Phelps

[@surjatakonsam23]

Truly inspiring.

[@kennynakawaki]

5 years straight with no days off. That’s just crazy especially just being a teenager. Not even an adult. And he started pretty late at 11 years old. Just imagine his times and WR’s if he started when he was a toddler

[@art.1ggrechsgrundlagederle425]

he started when he was seven years old

[@kennynakawaki]

@@art.1ggrechsgrundlagederle425 really? I heard him say in many interviews that it was around 11 when he started. Or maybe that’s when he started seriously?

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

@@kennynakawaki yes, every interview I heard from Michael himself said he started at 11..

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@AMilo-qm4ed he started training with bowman at 11 when Bob bowman recognized his potential in the kids group he told him that if he did what Bob told him, Micheal could be an Olympian. At 7 he was afraid to put his face in his water.

[@AMilo-qm4ed]

@@CarlsCozyCorner yes. Like I said he started training at eleven... He was afraid before that to really do anything.. I know his story told from the first Olympics he competed in...

[@garybalanesi610]

He's quite a guy..Dedication to be as best he can be. You could see he was Tired. Just needs time to rest, time for Himself to relax and be well. Good for You Michael......

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[@timgrills2306]

I’d say he had a little help from Lezak

[@jakepalmer4690]

Well of course he did but they were relays, 2008 was an incredible performance

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@yonGGeun 드래근신 dude they wouldve lost the relay without him

[@jakepalmer4690]

@yonGGeun 드래근신 they didn't but I dont think it was drugs, Lezak only got that time on the relay and that was pretty much out of pure luck

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@yonGGeun 드래근신 I suppose its possible but it wouldn't benefit him just to do it for a relay, if adrenaline did that to him he would've taken it for individual events

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@yonGGeun 드래근신 it stood out a lot, I dont think anyone believes he used adrenaline, if there was reason for that the French team wouldve called it out immediately

[@andyshell2924]

11:42 as a swimmer I can say that Anderson Cooper is pretty good.

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

I've seen better eight year olds... but as a guy who's never swam competitively, it is pretty damn good.

[@bruce33331]

fully agree. he is an old broadcaster

[@prodbyevadwave]

LEsson Learned: When about to end, always tilt your head down even if you don't have breath!

[@gotama570]

You only need one crazy scientist and you will be a champion next year:-)

[@kingpotato5941]

Goggles filling up during a race sucks I know how that feels

[@adanperez648]

Me too, one time i was taking a shower and a drop sprinklered in my eye

[@reginaldsmith2024]

Winning without a stroke is crazy

[@eleonoradeane5170]

He seems like a lovely guy.

[@FadedXo20]

1:48 Me watching at 6am: Same here

[@marypatton1122]

In the 70's we used to tell the joke about how they filled the olympic sized swimming pools...Mark Spitz. Phelps just can't fill it. 😜

[@idansolon4715]

What're you talking about?

[@bamsb90]

^^ My man high AF

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Idan Solon you must be young

[@sahilagarwal6601]

@@idansolon4715 mark spitz was the swimmer with 7 gold medals in a single olympics. spitz is a pun for spitting in the pool. phelps performed pretty well in 2004 as well and people were comparing him to mark. some thought he couldnt be as good as him so they said this joke

[@brittneyking4284]

@@sahilagarwal6601 lol who ft is mark spitz?

[@ommore5417]

how did he set 2 WR in 2009 if he only trained for 4 days

[@breinvidhighlights3352]

I watched this in 2017

[@jameszenyuh7132]

Cool

[@PhuongTran-gh9vc]

anybody notices his hands at 11:33? and also hUhHhhhH I'm sO hUnGrY at 9:46 :D

[@satishnaik1984]

yess... hands still in swimming action mood

[@marcgw496]

Lol. I struggled so hard just doing 300 meters for my high school triathlon. I think I would actually drown if I tried one thousand meters. Let alone ten thousand.

[@annaunverhaun4943]

come on, it's not hard to swim 25m under water for a swimmer. it's what we do in practice all the time

[@RigoOXx]

It showed that the guy had no idea, but it was kinda funny

[@omarlerouge5420]

10:55 was phelps planning to go for the 1500 free in Beijing ???? :D

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@yonGGeun 드래근신 amazing. he's so versatile

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Michael Phelps Anderson Cooper

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Only he can go overboard

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phelps said that he has athema and can take the medicine openly and justifiably

[@ezrc9294]

Phelps is amazing - Anderson Cooper is swamp magic : Can not watch this

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I love his body.

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Andreson is so good looking

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What 9:53

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Anderson thinks he looks good

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