“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.”
"Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly."
- Ian Thorpe
Balance
"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
Self-awareness
"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
Focus
"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
Determination
""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
Taking Risks
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
- Henry David Thoreau
Mindfulness
"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."
- Anon
Mindfulness
"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."
- Kai Greene
Mindfulness
"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."
- Unknown
Mindfulness
"Your limits are all in your mind."
- Unknown
Mindfulness