Ian Thorpe Quotes

I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.

- Ian Thorpe

The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.

- Ian Thorpe

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.

- Ian Thorpe

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

- Ian Thorpe

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

- Ian Thorpe

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

- Ian Thorpe

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.

- Ian Thorpe

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.

- Ian Thorpe

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.

- 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

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

- Ian Thorpe

I'm still swimming.

- Ian Thorpe

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

- Ian Thorpe