The Real Michael Phelps: Beyond the Medals and Records | Undeniable with Joe Buck 

Swimming glory, gold medals, world records.......All aside, I just love how he loves his mom.

Ms Phelps was my home economics teacher in middle school. She brought baby Michael in one day. Who knew I was meeting greatness in a diaper.

The greatest athlete of all time. I dont see how anyone can deny that. He went against the best in the world and destroyed everyone.

My mom passed in 2012 and loved her throughout all the turmoil we endured together until her death I miss her an to see him adore his mother like he does he allowed her to be his rock and for that he’s a better husband..fellas love thy mother!

What a realistic, grateful, down to earth super star. I love every word he says. What a great interview. TY!

Simply The Greatest Olympic Athlete Ever!! - PERIOD.

It is so nice to see what a wonderful young man you are. I am so happy to see you in such a good place..Thanks for all those wonderful Olympic years. You brought so much joy to millions of people.

Truly the GOAT. And yet, a truly humble, honest guy ❤

WOW! What a great interview! Great achievers! Love Michael's openness.

What a great human being!

Great interview! Great achievers! Love is openness. He is so humbled with humility ❤🙏

I must admit there's a lot of empathy I felt listening to Michael. He definitely has struggled (and seems to even now) with intense emotions and unless, he's looking at films of his successes or talking about swimming, the training process (so clearly defined by him not a coach) or how his training regimen "gave him" stability and happiness. So, I had to wonder "what" might have become of him had his mom and sisters not taken him to the pool where he finally, found his place and happiness? Those three are/were his saviors and because he had such a narrow attention and focus at the earliest of ages (and felt the comfort from training and support) he lived in a happy place of comfort lap after lap. And along with incomparable talent beyond imagination and a will he became the champion we all admire. Yet, listening to him closely it is normalcy he desires more than anything. And to that I wish a great path one moment and "stroke" at a time. BTW I also, think Jason Lezak's swims were such an amazing memory for me....good to see those moments inserted in this conversation.

This documentary needs updating. There will never be another like Phelps.

What an athlete.

Everyone will fall, but it's what u do after that that makes u who u are.

This has been a very inspiring story. Glad to learn what he went through behind the scenes of all of his success!!

Wow this was such a fantastic interview

His adhd was his superpower. High energy, hyper focus on something that interests you.

EXCELLENT show! Great guy!

One of the best and most honest and revealing interviews that Joe has done.

‘Agree with Joe, his openness is golden, and it will help so many people that see this interview. But Joe, do you realize how entertaining you are in your interviews? You are unmatched my man.

My eyes in tears in joy when i look at you. ❤

You are someone who would be such an incredible friend. And brother. And father!!!! Love you much.

I have always liked him , even in his challenging times. Now I live him and wish much happiness for him. So charming and normal.

Great interview!

ADHD is a real important topic of discussion thanks for talk about it in the show!

Love your humidity. Wish mire people were like you.

Love this!!

Great interview. Michael Phelps is an amazing swimmer and person and one of the best 'color' commentators in any sport. Great insights.

In a word: BRILLIANT 👍🙏

As a masters swimmer, Michael you have changed our sport for the better.

On 14mins in and this is ALREADY MIND BLOWING!!!! Wow!!! Phelps - you are the GOAT!!!

im so understanding

LEGEND

Thank God he went to a treatment center after his second DUI!!! It may have save his life!!!

I guess that the world will never see a more accomplished swimmer again. From the clues heard during the conversation (after coming back from retirement and before the Rio Olympics), this video may have been done in 2014/early 2015.

Loved to watch him swim 😊

❤🙌🏻free to be vulnerable as great as you’re

This is an OLD show prior to the Rio Olympics. Very old show from Mar/Apr/May 2016. He was engaged to Nicole. He got married in 2016. As of today he has four (4) sons. Wonderful interview dwelling into the life of an athlete. Very personal. Wonderful and amazing interview.

What an amazing swimmer. Might he have a movie career in the future?

The absolute GOAT in the pool. The geat ones seem to always work the hardest and maintain midesty and don't let media and other outside distractions derail them( excess partying, clubs, blowing huge sums of cash, etc) think Michael Phelps is the equivalent of Tom Brady or Wayne Gretzky in his sport. Or, Michael Jordan. Work hard and stay humble

A great athlete but a likeable man.

Now Bob Bowman is coaching the next swimmer who will break all of Phelps records. Leon Marchand

To me the most amazing feat Phelps achieved was putting up with the incredible boredom that must be training in a pool all day doing the same thing over and over. At leats other sports have aspects to them that make them FUN. Basketball is fun, tennis is fun, etc.

Nice one

Great Interview Michael, HONESTY. Bipolar Here. Your INSPIRING...😅

Wow I can really relate to his childhood, I was on some type of swim team at the YMCA since i was a toddler before minnows, guppies, all the way to Dolphins right before high school. I played all the sports all the time my mom told me it was so I was not around all the arguing at home. It was overwhelming being so busy all the time but I was best at swimming. Would go to regionals and qualify for nationals at the end i got really good. But my brother was a popular varsity wrestler, I wanted to be like him. Our high school team was ranked in the top 10 nationally and won states every year. Literally our JV could have beat all but 2 or 3 other high schools varsity teams, our JV would go wrestle in the local varsity tournaments and win overall, while our varsity would go to the big national tournaments. Our high school swim team was average with a few stand out individuals. My worst decision was quitting the swim team to wrestle. I placed in the state but would have been a way better swimmer and most likely got a scholarship. I ended up with a bunch of injuries that have had lasting effects and at the time doctors were prescribing pain pills a lot so I had to battle that addiction, and when I went off to college out of state and ran out i was sick as a dog. I really wish I would have stuck with swimming. Would have been no where close to as good as Phelps of course, I think God blessed him with the ideal body for swimming.

365 days of training this is his past life . Goat

My aunt and grandmother lived on Chesapeake Ave in Baltimore. My oldest granddaughter lives on Chesapeake Ave in Portland Texas.

Greatest swimming of all time ledgend

When was this filmed? seems like it was years ago but uploaded just a few days ago??

What were the 3 setbacks that were mentioned in the interview?

Phelps is the GOAT olympian.

"If you want to be the best, you have to do the things that other people aren´t willing to do."

Nice guy.

This interview definitely was not filmed yesterday..

Doubled the great Mark Spitz awesome!!!!

So this was recorded 2015?

Great ambassador to humans

MP was suffering from depression

most decorated olypian of all time .. golden fish❤

Jason Lezak single handedly saved Michael Phelps gold medals, he was the Goat supporting cast. No way they should have won that 400 m free relay over the French. I forgot he also anchored the last lap of Phelps last medal….

My family and I watched you growing up but we were all in school. I said Thursday night, but my sister tonight did swim team in our community neighbourhood growing up we took turns so when we lived in Colorado my older sister was part of the neighbourhood swim team and then when we moved back to Michigan, my little sister and I were part of the fat, dolphin, swim team and then when I got to high school my sophomore year, I was part of my junior varsity swim team. I never did it professionally like you did because I’m not that fast

Was this recorded before 2016?

One'More " GOLD...."..Today🎉

Joe don't be rude a press Michael where the medals are. You have Michael right in front of you. Give respect to the man who worked his butt off to be who he is today and forever. We will remember Michael as a legend.

How I wish I could go back to 2004

Micheal P is a GOAT 👏🏾😁😁

The g.o.a.t ❤❤❤

31:22 thats all you need to know about the man, to every person their mothers are the best to them as they should be

This is not a recent interview.

The closest guy to a Superman !

23 Gold Medals. 23

🙌🏽😍

❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤

My idol in and out of the pool MP, wise words always spoken by such legend. 💪🏻🏊🏻‍♂️🐐

No wonder he swims so fast his arms has no bones 😅 In all seriousness he seems like a great man

How old are these interviews?

This is old. It's pre-2016.

What is your goals for 2024 going forward?

Missed the sock party and went straight to barefoot business casual

Once said I have gone to find the real me. If the real me gets back before I do. Keep it here until I return. 😢😮😊

Michael thank you for putting our last name on the map. Nobody will ever again ask me if my last name starts with "F"

I wouldn’t tell y’all where my medals were either.

#Eight4EightGold #PlatinumPerformance #BetCountTheStrokes

Nothing like deflecting responsibility. That picture would never of surfaced if Phelps wasn't partaking. PERIOD!

Modesty

Brilliant Athlete. Shocked at how much he’s aged! It goes to show how damaging ultraviolet radiation is.

no socks are in case someone challenges em

Sucks that his lawyer and his agent are his go to people but also it also a little awesome

Whoever this Lezak guy is Phelps owes him a little.

He's shares a lot of the same mannerisms with Rafa Nadal.

Drugs help a lot...like that biker rider who kept winning the races... Or was he competing against people like me.

You can still see with water in the goggles..

Joe....I think you spelled undeniable wrong (purposefully or not)

This is an old interview guys. He seems so depressed in this interview to be honest

Ummm MP you cant buy socks the same day you buy a suit?

38:00 thats what police do for men

WTF would anyone listen to Joe Buck when they don't have to. "Paaaaaaaaass is caught!' Making people's ears bleed for decades.

A human being who has the world at his fingertips ,was blessed and he does a major tantrum because he made a mistake. A lot dramatic. Worth $100 million and still whiny. Tough life 🙈