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In this July 13, 2017, file photo, retired Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps arrives at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Phelps lost to a shark in the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special “Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White," which aired on July 23, 2017. It was billed as a race between Phelps and the predator but much to the disappointment of some Twitter users, Phelps didn’t actually swim in the water next to the shark. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 13, 2017 file photo, retired Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps arrives at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Discovery Channel's Shark Week's opening lineup Sunday, July 23, includes "Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs. Great White," with Phelps testing his speed against that of a great white shark. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Michael Phelps and his wife, Nicole Johnson, smile during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. Phelps all but slammed the door on another return after leaving it ever-so slightly ajar in an interview with the Associated Press last month. "I'm happy," he said. "I think four years ago, I wasn't. I think being able to come back and being able to finish how I did and being able to get back to where I wanted to get to _ for me, at this point in my life and in my career, that's all I can ask for. Right?" he said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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FILE - In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Michael Phelps and his wife, Nicole Johnson, smile during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles. If Phelps returns to competitive swimming, the demands of training would surely cut heavily into his family time. That's why, if he tries to predict what the future might hold, it doesn't include a sixth Olympics at Tokyo in 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2015 file photo, deputies, from left, Michael Phelps, Nicholas Downey and Charles Foster appear during arraignment in San Bernardino County Superior Court in San Bernardino, Calif. Foster was convicted Thursday, March 30, 2017, in the televised beating of a man who had tried to flee from the former deputies and escape on horseback. Downey and Phelps were also charged but a jury deadlocked on charges against them and a judge has scheduled a retrial. (Micah Escamilla /Los Angeles Daily News via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2016, file photo, United States' Michael Phelps, bottom, and Singapore's Joseph Schooling look at the clock at the end of the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Schooling won his country's first gold medal with an upset victory in the 100-meter butterfly. Phelps finished in a three-way tie for second, giving him a silver to go along with five golds in what was again billed as his final Olympics. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2016, file photo, United States' Michael Phelps congratulates Singapore's gold medal winner Joseph Schooling after the men's 100-meter butterfly final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Schooling won his country's first gold medal with an upset victory in the 100-meter butterfly. Phelps finished in a three-way tie for second, giving him a silver to go along with five golds in what was again billed as his final Olympics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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CORRECTS ID TO INTUIT CHAIRMAN AND CEO BRAD SMITH INSTEAD OF QUICKBOOKS CONNECT CHAIRMAN AND CEO BRAND SMITH - In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, right, shakes hands with Intuit Chairman and CEO Brad Smith in San Jose, Calif. Phelps is looking for his next golden opportunity in business after retiring from his sport as the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. He thinks he might find it in Silicon Valley, joining a growing list of athletes and entertainers trying to build upon their fortunes in a technology-driven area teeming with geeky millionaires. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Michael Phelps the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row. (AP Photo)
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A May 15, 2015, file photo, Ryan Lochte, left, and Michael Phelps talk before the start of the 100-meter butterfly final at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte, N.C. Add Phelps' name to the list of Americans who were less than amused by teammate Lochte's post-competition, early morning drunken antics at the Rio Olympics. "I did have a talk with him about two days before about not doing anything bad," said Phelps, who retired after the Summer Games as the most-decorated Olympian of all time. "I told him: `Just keep your head on straight. Have fun.'" (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2016 file photo, United States' Michael Phelps prepares for a swimming training session at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phelps swims in preliminaries of the mens 200 meter butterfly Monday, Aug. 8. He holds the world and Olympic records in the event. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) **FILE**
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Michael Phelps gestures after winning the men's 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. Phelps qualified for his fifth Summer Games. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Michael Phelps swims during the mens 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Associated Press Michael Phelps swims during the mens 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Michael Phelps swims in the men's 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps speaks with reporters after he walked out of a courthouse where he pleaded guilty to drunken driving, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Baltimore. He was sentenced to a year in prison for the Sept. 30 arrest, but the prison sentence is suspended. He must be on probation for a year and a half.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps walks into a courthouse for a trial on drunken driving and other charges, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Baltimore. Documents show that the 29-year-old was leaving Baltimore's Horseshoe Casino Sept. 30 when he was pulled over for speeding and crossing the double yellow line on a highway. Police say Phelps registered a .14 per cent on a blood-alcohol test. The legal limit to drive is .08 per cent in Maryland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Transit police in Maryland say they stopped the 29-year-old Michael Phelps at the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2014, file photo, Michael Phelps looks on after finishing seventh in the men's 100 meter freestyle final at the U.S. National Championships swimming competition in Irvine, Calif. Authorities say Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been arrested on a DUI charge in Maryland. Transit police say they stopped the 29-year-old Phelps at the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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Michael Phelps, left, laughs with Ryan Lochte, right, before they compete against each other in the men's 100-meter backstroke at the Bulldog Grand Slam swim meet at the University of Georgia, Saturday, July 12, 2014, in Athens, Ga. Phelps won the event and Lochte took second place. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
