Á tíðindafundinum í gjár segði Michael Phelps, at mamma hansara, Debbie Phelps, vildi hava hann at luttaka í HM, tí hon hevur altíð ynskt at síggja Rom:
“She’s on the way over. She got what she wanted. She coming to Rome and I am going to be swimming here.”
Rithøvundurin Alan Abrahamson, sum hevur skrivað bókina “No Limits: The Will to Succeed” saman við Phelps, sigur, at Phelps er familjukærur, dámligur og …ein mammudrongur. Les meira á blogginum hjá Alan Abrahamson.