Ian Thorpe

"Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly."

- Ian Thorpe

"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."

- Ian Thorpe

"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 easier if you let your body do what it is trained for."

- Ian Thorpe

"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."

- Ian Thorpe

""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.""

- Ian Thorpe

"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 knows."

- Ian Thorpe