Michael Phelps is fit enough that he could come out of retirement. He just has no desire to.
“I feel like I could do it, but I just have nothing that I want to come back and do,” Phelps said on TODAY on Thursday while promoting Colgate’s #everydropcounts water-saving campaign. “I think that’s the biggest thing. For me, it’s now watching some of these kids coming up. Watch somebody like Caeleb [Dressel] and continue to watch Katie [Ledecky]. Who knows who’s going to shine in the next Olympics.”
Phelps said he’s working out more seriously now.