Ka kammala wannan magana: Sa'ad da yake matashi, Phelps ya ɗauki dan wasan iyo na Australiya Ian Thorpe a matsayin gumaka kuma ya yi koyi da Thorpe a yadda mutane suke ɗaukansa. Thorpe da farko ya ce ba zai yiwu ba Phelps ya lashe lambar zinare takwas a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2008 a Beijing. Phelps ya yi amfani da maganganun a matsayin motsawa kuma ya sanya kalmomin a kan akwati a lokacin Wasannin. Thorpe ya kasance a cikin stands ga
4 × 100 mita medley relay, inda Phelps ya yi iyo don lambar zinare ta takwas ta Olympics. Lokacin da Phelps da abokansa suka kama zinariya, Thorpe ya ba da sumba mai gaisuwa ga mahaifiyar Phelps, sannan ya ba da hannu da runguma don taya Phelps murna. Bayan haka, Thorpe ya ce "Ina matukar alfahari da shi ba wai kawai saboda ya lashe zinare takwas ba. Maimakon haka, yadda ya girma da kuma girma ya zama babban mutum. Ban taɓa yin farin ciki haka ba a rayuwata da aka nuna mini cewa abin da na yi ba daidai ba ne".