article_snippet: My dream was always to swim like Michael Phelps
article_snippet: When I turned I actually looked at Michael Phelps underwater
article_snippet: and I thought I was Michael Phelps
article_snippet: -- I know it sounds absolutely crazy, but I saw myself as Michael Phelps going past someone else.
article_snippet: "I remembered how Michael Phelps used to come off the last turn and, you know, smoke everyone ...
article_snippet: I thought, Michael Phelps's done this for so many years
article_snippet: and I remembered that when I was swimming.
article_snippet: Success in the pool has been rich reward for Bert, who steered the Chad towards swimming when a football career looked more likely.