When Michael Phelps Was Just a Teenager | Before They Were Superstars

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A trip back to Baltimore to see a young Michael Phelps reveal his brutal training regime shows why the swimming legend won 23 Olympic gold medals and became the greatest swimmer of all time.
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[@Sarah-vc9qy]

"One gold medal is all I want" hehe he got his wish a "few"😂 times

[@user-zm8sk2nw9c]

😂

[@adkwoodsman8443]

More chromosomes than I have

[@Hapsle]

no one in History has more Olympic Gold Medals

[@canyoubelievethis220]

He is definitely the best athlete in the world. No one can deny that. To do so would be just plain stupid.

[@jpl3-g2b]

Sarah V actually in his last olympics he said: "...and i won a few medals" hahahha

[@David-Eng]

All this man needs is to eat, sleep, win 1 gold, and have spinners.

[@supimcactus]

i laughed so hard at the spinners part. just look at his face lmaooo he's so happy that they spin.

[@MadeForEpicness]

ValMil OG Fidget Spinner

[@antooniash8419]

thatguywho HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that's exactly what I wanted to say HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Research0digo]

sweet, huh? and made in the USA, baby! (his ride, not the spinners) lol

[@Ggyhhggtyyy]

@@Research0digo It’s really bulky though and has so many unnecessary features that’ll just drive up the price

[@skl4189]

He was so dorky, man he's grown where has time gone?

[@omarhazaz5436]

After he started smoking pot, he went up on the cool-o-meter.

[@novelym2395]

He loves those spinners 😂 he's such a dork. His face when showing off his car makes me happy 😂❤️

[@leahhogan5684]

"I only want 1 gold medal" How's 23 for you? 😂

[@morogamer1213]

He would be the gold medal himself

[@vaishakkamath9434]

How's 28

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@vaishakkamath9434 he got 28 medals, 23 were gold

[@vaishakkamath9434]

@@CarlsCozyCorner ik ik

[@tadeogalvan565]

One can tell that he used to watch 'pimp my ride' a lot on MTV.

[@tkim888]

Thaddeus G i

[@zigmas81]

Thaddeus G j

[@catbeara]

Didn't we all.

[@godsmacks1000]

So, did he end up getting that gold medal? Hopefully so. He seems like he works really hard.

[@inayasyed207]

godsmacks1000 he got 23 gold medals

[@inayasyed207]

godsmacks1000 he got 23 gold medals

[@nate5353]

godsmacks1000 well, he ended up being the greatest athlete of all time.....so yeah he sid get that medal

[@billybob6604]

How do you not know him

[@Hydromaniac-ci6gn]

Guys I think he meant in that specific Olympics

[@emperorpalpatine9540]

Man this kid could be an Olympian

[@leejiawei6307]

Darth Vader are u stupid he is already a olympian

[@LuvCake1281]

Lee JIAWeiYT No he/she is not stupid, do you even know what being sarcastic means? Also don't call him/her stupid, if you can't even spell you, or are you just too lazy to write you?

[@emperorpalpatine9540]

Lee JIAWeiYT someone can't take a joke

[@davidmansilla9568]

Lee JIAWeiYT are you stupid, it was a joke. How old are you?

[@xexxoticgamerx2812]

Lee Jia Wei r/wooosh

[@danielcavalier711]

Two things. He said 'one gold medal is all I want' and now he has 23, no words. Second, those are the spinners Chase Kalisz, 400im rio silver medalist, was talking about, he used to train in Baltimore with Phelps, but at that age he was only 8 and he and his friends were fascinated about Michael's spinners. They were caught sneaking into his car to see them, and they run away when Michael saw them, and the next day he asked Phelps for autographs, good story

[@rubyzlan]

And Chase Kalisz won a gold medal this year at Tokyo! How amazing!

[@ju4379]

teen michael phelps = jim halpert from the office

[@showansusholm2831]

Bruh

[@Zaghzackio]

hes a perfect mix of jim and ryan lmao

[@TheTeddyBearzz]

OMFG

[@breeanaflores3727]

tan lexuan OMG WTH😂😂😂

[@KateWallace-yn2wv]

I'm not saying Micheal Phelps isn't a phenomenal swimmer, he is my idol, but he does have made advantages. He is double jointed in 3 large swimming muscles, his family knows more about swim then most, and he swam at an "ivy league" club since age 7. But he does have a crazy work ethic.

[@adamkelemen4607]

Obviously. U do need the perfect body shape and the perfect conditions to be the best. And on top of that u need an incredible work ethic. Everybody has the potential to be great at sth. For me, its not swimming as my arms and my body in general is too short. By now, i cannt compete at higher levels lile 4 years ago f.e. But there are other things which o can do good. Afterall, he completely deserved it. And he made the right choice. If he would have pushed to become a male super model he would have failed most probably...

[@caitlinagulian3556]

the being double jointed part just means he was born to be a swimmer. and you can have the most natural talent in anything but if u dont have a work ethic then u wont go anywhere with it

[@brycelloyd1822]

I know so many people who swim who are built and naturally talented and fail to live up to their expectations because they lack the will to work to succeed. The key to success is utilizing your surroundings (i.e. being on an amazing club) to your advantage in addition to putting forth 100% effort

[@beetledune9264]

So does usain bolt,his big figure did help him.

[@spanglelime]

How do double joints help with swimming? I'm just curious. I can see it with artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, diving, and artistic swimming bc you need the flexibility.

[@nate5353]

good for him he went for 1 gold and got far more than that

[@Tim_Marshall73]

Naterman jr 22 more to be precise

[@saood8075]

Naterman jr i

[@lintellectuel9445]

23

[@misteerblavog8506]

"all I want is just one gold medal"

[@aleahchavez9421]

Same

[@Txcowboy80]

I think this kid will be a pretty good swimmer someday.

[@katinurarea313]

Johnny maybe... he might...

[@bwadehra]

nah... i don't think he has the potential

[@lebongarcon3390]

Johnny don't you know he is already that Mikel Phillips he is swim champion with 20+ medals stupid kid

[@dr_derpinz4387]

lonzo He is joking, he knows who Michael Phelps is ^^

[@nia232]

lonzo English please 😑

[@GooseLafleur]

Faded af during this whole interview lol

[@patrickcallow4605]

Michael is right :) be positive and confident and anything is possible :)

[@JK-vc7ie]

Patrick Callow Lots of things are impossible. You can't swim three miles in ten seconds.

[@inayasyed207]

Jason Kroll the word itself [Impossible] says "I'm possible!"

[@patrickcallow4605]

I am swimming 500 freestyle on Thursday swim meet I can do it !!!

[@patrickcallow4605]

Its my last goal for swimming :) Accomplishing 500 freestyle :)

[@JK-vc7ie]

That's not true and that's not what MP said. He said lots of things are possible. That's not that same as anything is possible. You can't run a marathon in three seconds. That's impossible. Humans have limits. That said, the limits are probably not what we think they are, for most of us. We can do more than we probably think we can, but that's not the same thing as thinking you can do anything.

[@CrossedGaming]

haha he's so happy about his car XD

[@camposcreations2323]

I can tell this guy has a competitive drive that will make him an all time great. He's going to be a phenomenal Olympic Swimmer, mark my words.

[@isabelacameron1583]

"I hate to loose" 😂😂

[@Hayden-pp2dy]

Isabela Cameron apparently you've never swam.

[@zackwilkinson3987]

Isabela Cameron and apparently you never learnt how to spell the word lose

[@artyparty9312]

I am a swimmer and I swim 5 times a week I am only 10 years old I want to become an Olympic swimmer

[@juliafoster1291]

Madison Price I'm 12 and I swim 11 hours a week and do 3 hours land training a week

[@Grace-pt2de]

Madison Price I'm 80 years old and I do 20 hours a week of training and 10 hours a week of land training. It's pretty simple

[@tezino9162]

Keep your dreams alive :)

[@eriche31]

He's 80 years old; he doesn't have time to keep his dreams alive since he's going to be dead soon.

[@Grace-pt2de]

Eric He You know it!

[@JazzWGaming]

Only wanted one gold medal, comes back a few years later with 23😂👏🏼 gg Michael you will always be the best

[@AnnieAdelia]

"I just want one gold" says the most decorated Olympian of all time. It really shows that we all start somewhere.

[@jamesambrocio]

The world's greatest runner and swimmer already retired. Now what are we gonna do?

[@user-em4wh5ji3w]

James Ambrocio appreciate them and appreciate the new talent. Fantastic up and comers

[@chloewu2760]

@@user-em4wh5ji3w yeah Katie ledecky and Caleb dressel r beasts

[@toenjoyer]

@@chloewu2760 David popovici is too, he might be the one who kinda stops usa’s win streak when Dressel retires

[@spanglelime]

I love how little and innocent they all are, not knowing what they're going to go on and accomplish.

[@youngdancers5027]

Aw I wasn't even born when this was filmed😂

[@williamdillery2740]

He predicted fidget spinners

[@solporter669]

William Dillery they've been around since the early 90s

[@תדהרגולדברג-נ8ח]

hahh i thought it to

[@ism3llbetter]

Stoner lol

[@laramorris6614]

It's sad too see the rest of the swimmers he was swimming with in the lanes cuz they are probs watching him swimming and are like border line suicide 😂

[@jhenjhengiftgivingchannel8212]

omg..lol

[@MohamedAhmed-xc8yg]

He is so happy with the spinners

[@ianbusch]

looks like that christmas training payed off...

[@c0wg1rlbebop]

he got "1 gold medal" one too many times 😂

[@jayap3557]

omg... all this kid needed was 1 gold medal... he dreamt too small... but guess that's humility of the 1st order... compare that against djokovic's talk in a similar show...:-) :-)

[@starwise10aj15]

"All I want is one gold medal and what happens after that happens" Well you go on to win 22 more of course

[@bullymaguire9192]

wow i can tell he is going places!!! you never know, maybe he can go down as the best olympian of all time

[@christianjohnson2434]

"one gold medal is my goal" 😂😂😂 I couldn't help but laugh. little did he know

[@agustingomez1590]

(4:15) I have the same poster in my house

[@cauther3358]

Agustín Gómez q

[@jpl3-g2b]

He was driving with sandals. Thata dangerous young Michael...

[@emmaw8723]

He talks about how unlikely it is he'll break a world record😑😑

[@chickennuggets964]

Emma W At that time he had already broken a couple world records.

[@rigby6142]

Working hard pays off, complete respect to the young man! Ahhhh he loves his car!

[@baxter01981]

he looks like a Vulcan. teenage spok 😂

[@mayapancakes8140]

“1 gold medal is all I want”, cut forward to now, he has 23 gold medals!!!

[@rickytrujillo4125]

Straight pothead lol

[@guillelainez]

Best Olympian EVER!!

[@awecahe7466]

1 gold 🥇 turned into about 22 golds 😂😂💓

[@temobarajas1599]

michael phelps the best swimer in the world

[@Nedward7483]

Temo Barajas was

[@sandysun8520]

@@Nedward7483 who is now

[@gigachad7729]

@@sandysun8520 maybe dressel

[@norahanson1196]

"One gold medal is all I want" well you have almost 30 now so I hope our happy

[@blackythewonderful9447]

Yeah he's quite good isn't he. If he keeps swimming he might even win a few medals, or break a few records. Keep swimming kid, you'll get there.

[@caityc1046]

Phelps: "all i want is 1 gold medal" God: "how's 23 lol"

[@iidrxprxses99]

Casually just says: *”I hate to loose”*

[@henrytheswimmer9453]

When Michael Phelps Was Just a Teenager | Before They Were Superstars => By the time of this video's recording (2003), Michael Phelps has already gone to one Olympics (2000), he has already broken multiple world records...

[@mohammadal-drees3106]

He only aspired for one gold medal. His wish must have hit a glitch, because that gold medal kept coming back again, and again, and again, and again… 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@iveyl506]

You know, I'm not sure he's going to get that one gold medal

[@noonehere4332]

Hes just like all the other overhyped kids that you see videos about on youtube. Watch this kid will probably work the rest of his life in a fast food job flipping burgers struggling to pay off his student loans like the rest of us.

[@iveyl506]

@@noonehere4332 for real, they'll literally give clout to anyone these days

[@ellableuoneal3384]

I went swimming at the exact same pool Michael phelps did

[@flamigo087]

1 gold medal 😂😂😂

[@user-em4wh5ji3w]

“Before they were superstars” ...lol at the time of his interview Michael Phelps the best swimmer in the world and breaking WRs left and right. He had surpassed Thorpe by this point.

[@nightflyer3242]

Well he hadn't won an Olympic gold yet when this was made. A lot of swimming commentators felt he had a lot of talent but was "unproven". Phelps of course, silenced all doubt in Athens a year later.

[@caitlynarlene1912]

Wow I started swimming when I was 7 and I thought I was never going to catch up with the other kids who started swimming since they were 2! He gives me hope ✨

[@hellodarkness3263]

idk why but i have a crush on phelps

[@scarletmason7118]

Hello Darkness i definitely cant imagine

[@Nitya-r86]

so do I.

[@marleneeichholz626]

one gold medal his goal. is he kidding?😂😂

[@koda1082]

😂😂😂

[@mprkg]

Dude has freakishly long arms

[@johnhooyer3101]

I still refuse to believe that he's retired. He's going to keep on getting six gold medals per Olympics, and he's not going to retire until the L.A. Olympics. And John Williams will still be alive, and he will compose for the opening ceremony. And it will be one of those rare perfect moments in history.

[@nightflyer3242]

Having Phelps light the cauldron in LA 2028 will be great enough. He's got a wife and couple of kids now, so I doubt Phelps will comeback any time soon.

[@mattlequang8636]

This aged well lol

[@noelsartin]

This kid got a lot of potential. Hopefully he gets his one gold medal

[@Gerhard2770]

If he cant get one gold, he should be satisfied with 1 medal of any colour.

[@ghostcrafter12gameingandmo43]

I'm 8 and we do 5 days a week for 3 weeks

[@conorcrowley5693]

Micheal: only 1 gold medal is all I want The guy from Pawn stars : best I can do is 23

[@kingbrodan]

michael....... we could have been friends.

[@EddyFlexy]

Was that herpes ?

[@noahcalvert2313]

Frapo Chino lmao

[@throwaway6777]

Frapo Chino Now I'm curious about what that really is.

[@steffanisheets9162]

Hash Slinging Slash3r it's a cold sore

[@sportingkv10]

Steffani sheets that's a type of herpes, not the kind you think about though

[@steffanisheets9162]

Christian Uhrich I didn't think it was any type I know what a cold sore is had tons of them as a teenager and kid

[@christvie7824]

That explains Y he is so good b cuz he trains every single day

[@epicskater1014]

I live 30 minutes away from Michael

[@0741spacejam]

Which city?

[@michellea273]

Ugh i love him and tom daley 💝😍😭

[@avaponce2448]

The things that he wished for that he thought wouldn't come true came true hope that could happen to me

[@benjaminli3808]

100 miles a week? Thats crazy.

[@MitchAUS_]

You guys should do a new series called "After they were superstars"

[@GB-xz2yg]

the 22-inch spinners look quite cool indeed

[@mht4908]

“1 gold medal is all I want” Sure, you got 1, here’s 22 more and 5 other Olympic medals for some extras

[@demotester3095]

this title is bullshit. WIth 18, Phelps had already a few world records medails and titles and was well known as one of the best young swimmers. He participated in a worldcup at 15 years.

[@1966bluemax]

demo tester that’s what I was thinking

[@nightflyer3242]

He was already winning world championships and setting records, but he hadn't won an Olympic Gold yet when this was made. In the eyes of many, he was "unproven". Phelps made all of them look like idiots when he won 6 golds in Athens.

[@kingofthenerds7925]

1:05 I legit thought he said “I need to lose”

[@ekathleen0]

He seems more happy about those spinners than anything else 😂😂

[@devmathur5003]

Michel Phelps invented figet spinners😂

[@michaelluna2119]

what is the song?

[@YusranFachry]

One of my living inspiration

[@thecavedweller616]

I wonder if Michael likes fidget spinners?

[@abhaharne945]

This guy worked very very harddd

[@glenroberts9644]

I personally dont him something is wrong.

[@stevebruner4237]

The tedious sink acutely sin because lily comparatively ignore aboard a sour pumpkin. quickest, steadfast refrigerator

[@Bestios10]

That bit at 4:36 is absolutely bizarre haha

[@asdf7333]

Kinda looks like that guy from the office

[@scarlettzumbro112]

Meme L0rd Jim 🤣👌

[@russellbanfield8608]

Hallmark channel and Olympics games present the star of the fame.

[@abbymck98]

*Michael Phelps was found alive on the rocky shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean as just a baby. Nobody knows how he got there.

[@Nizm0350z]

well he got more than 1 that's for sure lol

[@hehno1]

fk his car the guy he was swimming against in beijing 100 m butterfly was training in 25 m rusty pool .

[@KazukiKins]

Michael Phaps

[@daweiliu6452]

Amazing how a teenager can be so motivated!

[@katie4623]

Good grief I'd be depressed if I had to train 365 days a year.

[@blackmantis3130]

Not if it's what you love.

[@shiprapaul2033]

According to certain reports, it is being said that he was made by genetic modification of human and dolphin.

[@o.g2160]

He looks like Walter White son at young age

[@smiloilobpoabcede7626]

Can Michael Phelps do what Tom Daley done in diving ? or can Tom Daley do what Michael Phelps in swimming ?

[@СаняЖеребцов-ф3х]

the best and the greatest olympian of all time

[@mychaeljackson7638]

Ha was like a sloth haha love him

[@BoltRunner]

Hello top comment

[@holdenmcgroin8917]

Congrats and support from Shayna Jack & and whole Aussie swimming team

[@youtubetips6105]

i started training at 7, swim 17 hrs a week, 30km, i just need to grow a bit and il be really good