"When I started this I wanted to get……" — 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. I still want to do all of those things."
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30 Quotes by Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe has 30 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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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