Michael Phelps: “Putting Money in the Bank”
Remain consistent with your actions to ‘put money in the bank’.
Stay Focused Through Wins
“Yeah winning a gold medal is absolutely incredible. There’s nothing better than standing on the podium, listening to your national anthem play…but for me I’m somebody who knew that I had 7 other events after the first day. So I had to throw that to the back of my head. I had to throw that race out. I have to put that behind me to then get ready for the next race.”
Remain Consistent With Small Actions
“On top of that, I have to make sure I’m eating the right amount, I’m sleeping the right amount, my body is as fresh as I can possibly be. So that means sitting in an ice tank, getting massages, getting stretched, all of these small things that end up adding up to the major end result.”
“Every day is a new challenge, right? Every day is a day that we can prepare ourselves even more. But for us, we would call it ‘ putting money into the bank ‘. So at the end of the year, when we had a major international competition, we could withdraw all that money we had saved throughout the year. Look, I’ll be the first one to tell you, there were a lot of days where I did not want to get out of bed…but if you have…
