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> [For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/for-myself-losing-is-not-coming-second-it-s-getting-out-of-the-water/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

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## More by Ian Thorpe

> [I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-m-disappointed-that-i-really-haven-t-been-able-to-race-in-a-way/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/the-only-thing-is-i-am-a-little-bit-ashamed-of-is-i-didn-t-come-out/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-think-now-i-ll-probably-take-a-few-days-off-and-enjoy-the/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/for-myself-losing-is-not-coming-second-it-s-getting-out-of-the-water/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-swam-the-race-like-i-trained-to-swim-it-it-is-not-mathematical-i/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-am-not-going-to-allow-myself-not-to-perform-well-just-because-i-don/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-ll-go-for-broke-swim-faster-it-s-not-going-to-be-easy-this-whole/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/this-is-why-relays-are-so-important-because-you-can-find-more-in/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/compared-to-how-i-have-raced-before-and-how-i-have-competed-the/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [I'm not worried about the pressure that comes with it, a little concerned, but not worried,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-m-not-worried-about-the-pressure-that-comes-with-it-a-little/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/when-i-started-this-i-wanted-to-get-back-in-the-pool-i-wanted-to-race/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [Training in that cold pool of a morning really tests you, whether you really want to do it or not,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/training-in-that-cold-pool-of-a-morning-really-tests-you-whether-you/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [There is water in every lane, so it is OK.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/there-is-water-in-every-lane-so-it-is-ok/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/part-of-me-didn-t-know-if-australia-wanted-its-champion-to-be-gay/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

> [Im pleased to say that in telling them, and especially my parents, they told me that they love me and they support me. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/im-pleased-to-say-that-in-telling-them-and-especially-my-parents-they/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

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