First, he shocked himself by omitting Stewart Cink from his team introductions, an awkward moment in an otherwise smooth production.
Later, Phelps said he had shocked himself as well as his coach.
This Friday it will be two months to the day since Smith shocked himself, and the sporting world, by overcoming virtual impoverishment and terrible training facilities to unleash a double-somersault of firsts.
DiRaimo was excited, and planning to get in the pickup truck he shocked himself by buying when he married a Kentucky woman a few years ago and settled in for the long haul.
First and foremost a performer, he loved both to entertain and shock his audience, and though shocking naturally became more difficult as he grew older, he was never shocked himself.
Asked if he had shocked himself with his form this season, he said: "I don't know how much of it is a surprise.
There were 8,500 packed into the Liverpool Echo Arena to see their hero send Harrison into retirement, and Price said he shocked himself with the power of his punches and how quickly it was all over.
I honestly think "Voldemort-lite" is shocked himself.
