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Race Quotes by Ian Thorpe
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I…
- 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 done…
More Race Quotes
- My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity. — Arthur Ashe
- To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson
- I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that… — Margaret Atwood
- May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and,… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
- We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race,… — Dan Aykroyd
- In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. — Charles Babbage
- I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to… — Donovan Bailey
- One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of… — Ray Stannard Baker
- Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race… — James A. Baldwin
- I think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women! — Robert Ballard