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Q & A with Michael Phelps

Published August 14, 2008 at 3:28 p.m.
Updated August 14, 2008 at 3:33 p.m.

Michael Phelps celebrates setting a new world record and winning gold medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle.

Photo by Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

Michael Phelps celebrates setting a new world record and winning gold medal in the men's 200-meter freestyle.

* You'd think that, as the all-time gold medals leader, Michael Phelps does nothing but swim, swim, swim. You'd be wrong, wrong, wrong.

Living in Ann Arbor, how do you follow the Baltimore Ravens? I found a little Irish pub a half block down the road that has the NFL package. I always go there. There's one TV and it's never used, so I sit in front of the TV with my Ravens jersey and just go nuts.

Do people leave you alone? There's no one there.

Are you a Colts fan, too? Being a Baltimore native, it's in your blood.

We hear you're a video-game junkie . . . I played Tiger Woods (Nintendo) for about two hours. I woke up up the next day and my shoulder was hurting a little bit. My coach was like, "Let's not do that."

You must like sports. I love sports. I wake up every morning and watch Sports Center. I like video games, I like cars, I like music, I like sports.

What's your favorite concert? The Killers were really good. The Fray were really good live. Every concert I've been to has been really good. A buddy just texted me and said Snoop is coming to Detroit. Maybe I'll get to go and see him.

Are you good at getting up for early- morning practices? I'm always grouchy when I get out of bed. We set this rule that my coach wouldn't talk to me before 8. So we don't communicate until after the hour of 8.

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