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15 quotes by Ian Thorpe

Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney 400 m freestyle Gold 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2004 Athens 200 m freestyle Gold 2004 Athens 400 m freestyle Silver 2000 Sydney 200 m freestyle Silver 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley Silver 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1998 Perth 400 m freestyle Gold 1998 Perth 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2001 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle...
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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 myself, I have won every race... →

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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... →

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I'm still swimming.

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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... →

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

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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.

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

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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.

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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... →

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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

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

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

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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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