Ian Thorpe Quotes & Sayings

15 most famous Ian Thorpe quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 42 year old Australian athlete born on Oct 13, 1982.

“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.”

“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.”

“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 put myself on the line there.”

“I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.”

“I'm still swimming.”

“The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.”

“I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.”

“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 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 what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next.”