70 Quotes by 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 a lot of things can be thrown at me, but it's about how much I am prepared to let them affect me

There is water in every lane, so it is OK.

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.

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’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 of myself.

I’ve missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.

Part of me didn’t know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.

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 lot of things can be thrown at me, but it’s about how much I am prepared to let them affect me.

I’ll go for broke. Swim faster. It’s not going to be easy – this whole thing was never going to be easy.