Winning gold is ‘way less important than having a chance to save a life’: Michael Phelps on finding purpose beyond the pool

By Emile Nuh, CNN (CNN) — Almost a decade has passed since Michael Phelps set the world alight on the Olympic stage at Rio 2016, when he took home the most medals of any athlete with five golds and one silver. And when he called time on his legendary career after those Games as the