"During the break . . . I was up in the air about everything. . . . The hardest thing was, I did everything I wanted to do," said Michael Phelps, above, who was the defining athlete of the Beijing Olympics. "I was like, 'Where do I go from here?' " (Jonathan Newton - The Post)
Following an extended layoff that included a three-month suspension by USA Swimming, Michael Phelps considered giving up the sport for good before finding his motivation.