“Fall Down, Hit Their Head, Cry”: Michael Phelps’ Little Sons Once Taught Him a Golden Lesson About Life

Michael Phelps is an established champion. He has created records that will be arduous to break for anyone. To overcome his 28 medals record looks harder than climbing Mount Everest. However, when you achieve so much in life, you often become hard on yourself. You expect more from yourself. 

In an interview, during the pandemic, Phelps opened up about his mental state. How is he coping with all stress? And much more. He also discussed how his children are still teaching legend lessons about life.

Phelps does not hesitate to learn from his children

Michael Phelps once opened up about how his children taught him an important life lesson. While growing up, we tangle ourselves with so much, we often forget the basics of life. However, children still have the basics running with them. Something similar happened to the legendary swimmer.

Phelps said, “I look at our boys. They fall down, hit their head, cry a bit and 30 seconds later they are back on their feet chasing their brothers and laughing. They’ve moved on. They’re resilient. They live in the moment so well. That’s what we all need to do.”

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Phelps learned an important lesson and suggested everyone should do the same. Don’t hold on to anything for long. You will get knocked down, get back again, and keep moving. Move on and live in the moment.

Michael Phelps’ opinion on being hard on oneself 

We are often hard on ourselves. We expect more output from us than we are having. Michael Phelps had a similar situation during the pandemic. Phelps wished to do more. He wanted to make sure his family was safe. He wondered how well things would be after the pandemic. All these questions used to drive him crazy.

However, watching his children moving on and staying in the present. He learned the lesson and said, “I have to give myself more love and more compassion. I just don’t.” 

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It’s not easy to be in Michael Phelps’ shoes. He is a man who is habitual of going out, competing, winning, learning, and if suddenly all this got contained and you have to engage yourself thinking about safety. It will give you a hard time. However, as Phelps recommends and, like himself, he opened up about all this in the interview. Phelps also asked people to do the same and open up about the problems they are facing. He has tried and tested it on himself, and it calms him as nothing could.