2024 Olympics: Michael Phelps "Pretty Disappointed" in Team USA Men's Swimming Results

And Michael—who shares children Boomer, 8, Beckett, 6, Maverick, 4, and Nico, 6 months, with wife Nicole Phelps—is hopeful that a new swimmer will come along and try to break his Olympic records.

"Everyone thought what I was trying to do was impossible," he explained. "And if somebody is trying to do it now, you guys will all say it's impossible."

But as he said, "records are made to be broken. You know the records that I was chasing throughout my career motivated me. So hopefully I can motivate somebody to do the same thing."

And Team USA did set three world records at the Olympics in Paris, and took home a total of 28 medals (eight gold, 13 silver and seven bronze), including four gold for Katie Ledecky and three gold for Torri Huske. In the end, the team won 10 more medals than any other country. And the coaches were incredibly proud of what their teams accomplished.

"I think the meet was great," women's head coach Todd DeSorbo said, via USASwimming.com. "There was a lot of talk about a slow pool, but there were a lot of Olympic records set by all countries, including the U.S. I think it is great to come out on top, the gold medal standings and overall medal standings."

He explained that this is a "young team, with a lot of ups and downs," but was still impressed that they still managed to be the best.

And men's head coach Anthony Nesty added, as coaches, "we always want to be better."

"This meet is about being resilient and overcoming bad breaks and trying to be better every session," he continued. "I think we caught our stride on the second half of the meet and the results showed."

To see all the gold medals Team USA won at the 2024 Paris Olympics, keep reading.

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