"When I go out and race, I'm not……" — 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. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from."
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30 Quotes by Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe has 30 quotes on this site.
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There is water in every lane, so it is OK.
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I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do…
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People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let…
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I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof…
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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…
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Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.
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The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't…
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does…
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This is why relays are so important, because you can find more in yourself for someone else, than what you…
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Im pleased to say that in telling them, and especially my parents, they told me that they love me and…
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This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted…
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I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a…
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By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more…
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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who…
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If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will…
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Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is…
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved…
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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