No amount of cajoling, arm-twisting and pleading by his team mates and swimming fans around the world will make Michael Phelps change his mind about retiring after the Rio Olympics. “No,” he said as the question was still leaving the journalist’s lips, a succession of further ‘no’s following in close succession. I’m happy with how things finished.”Phelps said in 2012 he was retiring but he came back for one last hurrah after feeling he wanted to bow out on his own terms. “Being able to close the door on this sport how I want to, that’s why I’m happy now,” he said. I’m happy about it.

Source: Huffington Post August 13, 2016 06:49 UTC