OlympicTalk · Dec 2, 2015
Michael Phelps: I wasn’t 100 percent at Beijing Olympics
Michael Phelps believes he can do something at the Rio 2016 Olympics that he did not when he won eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Games — compete at 100 percent.
“I’m motivated to go see what I really can do actually giving 100 percent,” Phelps said Wednesday, commenting on his work ethic in training. “’08, ’12, I wasn’t 100 percent at either one of those Games.”
Longtime coach Bob Bowman, seated next to Phelps, interrupted.
“See, he could have won nine [medals],” Bowman said of Beijing 2008.
“Please don’t write that,” Phelps responded.
“I’m just kidding,” Bowman said.