#Repost usaswimming: Michael Phelps has been selected as #TeamUSA's flag bearer for the #Rio2016 opening ceremony! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 "I'm honored to be chosen, proud to represent the U.S., and humbled by the significance of carrying the flag and all it stands for. For Sydney, I just wanted to make the team. For Athens, I wanted to win gold for my country. For Beijing, I wanted to do something nobody else had done. In London, I wanted to make history. And now, I want to walk in the Opening Ceremony, take it all in, represent America in the best possible way and make my family proud. This time around, it's about so much more than medals.” #SwimUnited (📷: adampretty / gettysport)