During the Beijing Games, champion American swimmer Michael Phelps and his teammates set a new world record in the medley relay event, awarding Phelps his eighth gold medal (the most won in a single Olympic Games) and pushing his medal count over that of his record-holding predecessor, Mark Spitz. Upon winning his eighth medal, Phelps had nothing but humble words for his audience: "Records are meant to be broken no matter what they are."
在北京奥运会上，美国游泳冠军迈克尔-菲尔普斯和他的队友在混合泳接力项目中创造了新的世界纪录，菲尔普斯获得了他的第8枚金牌（在一届奥运会中获得的最多金牌），打破了马克-斯皮茨先前保持的记录。在刚获得第8枚金牌的时候，菲尔普斯只对观众说了一些谦虚的话：“不管是什么纪录，注定都是要被打破的。”