Michael Phelps, the 14-time Olympic gold medallist who plunged into consumption of marijuana recently, said he needs months to decide if he’s going to take part in the London Olympics in 2012.

U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps listens to a question during an interview at Yingdong Swimming Pool in Beijing Jan. 13, 2009, during filming for a television commercial for Mazda. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The Olympic super star stressed that he is actually able to sleep now. “I had a real hard time sleeping over the last two weeks or so. Just swimming and thinking about everything going on. Everything is back to what I call normal, I guess,” he said.

The Olympic super swimmer won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games last summer, not only refreshing his compatriot Mark Spitz’s record of taking seven golds in one Olympic Games (Munich 1972), but also setting the total record of gold taking by a single person (14) in the Olympic history.

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