Ian Thorpe Quotes

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• When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically.…
• There is water in every lane, so it is OK.
• I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot…
• People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it…
• 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 a…
• 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…
• Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.
• 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 do…
• Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to…
• This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you can ever find for yourself.
• Im pleased to say that in telling them, and especially my parents, they told me that they love me and they support me. And for…
• This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women, I love children…
• 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 out…
• I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to…
• Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
• I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.
• Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
• I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
• I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
• I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out…

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