[phelps] Firmly Denies That He Takes Drugs,

I Have Reached A Place In My Life Where I Need To Sit Down And Say, 'well, What Do I Do? What's Best For Me?' I Need To Look Into Options For The Future.

Being Compared To Ian Thorpe, That Could Be One Of The Greatest Compliments You Could Ever Get In Swimming - Being Compared To Him And Mark Spitz.

There Are So Many Things That I Still Want To Do. My Foundation, Growing My Brand . . . The List Is Endless. I'm Honestly Busier Now Than I Was When I Was Swimming. It's Kind Of Weird, But I Feel Like More Of An Adult Because I Have To Do Stuff Every Day. Whether It's Checking Emails Or Making Phone Calls Or Doing This And That, It's Fun For Me. It's The Start Of A New Chapter. At Times, It Is Frustrating, But I Know It's Not Going To Be Easy To Accomplish The Goals That I Want.

We Wanted To See How Close We Could Get To The World Record. We'll Take That For Right Now.

When I Race, I Don't Think About It; It Just Happens.