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During the Wall Street Journal interview, Michael Phelps talked about his whole swimming career. The legendary competitive swimmer Michael Phelps has a total of 28 Olympic medals, out of which 23 are gold medals. Phelps is such a decorated Olympian who is in double front of his rival swimmers. While Phelps and WSJ’s Lee Hawkins were having a conversation, the athlete talked about his first paycheck.