Phelps Fires Up

Michael Phelps Teaches the Ravens to Swim

By Ryan Mink, Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens PhotosS Kyle Hamilton (left) & Michael Phelps (right)

When Michael Phelps heard the call to help the Ravens swim, he sprang from the starting block like he was right back in the Olympics.

"I seriously had not seen him that excited for a long, long time," said Cathy Bennett, the program manager of the Michael Phelps Foundation.

After cornerback Marlon Humphrey and teammates asked Phelps to teach players to swim on July 29 in a viral social media post, the gears went into motion, figuring out how to pull it off. Two weeks later, the most decorated Olympian of all time and huge Ravens fan came home to Baltimore on a mission.

Phelps took a tour of the Ravens' new recovery pool at the Under Armour Performance Center and watched training camp practice. After practice, the 23-time gold medalist and fellow Ravens legend (and good friend) Ray Lewis gave the team a motivational speech FINISH READING HERE

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