Ian Thorpe Quotes (26 Quotes)


    I am a bit disappointed with it, but it served its purpose. There is no reason I felt pretty ordinary and did not swim well today.

    It's a hot 100 field at the moment. It's going to be a good Commonwealth Games . . . a very, very tough race.

    I'm looking forward to actually racing again. It's been such a long time since I've raced now, but I do look forward to my life after swimming as well.

    My training is going exceptionally well. I'm fit and I have been for quite some time. I'm looking forward to racing.

    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.


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

    I wasn't happy with it at all. I thought I would go faster than what I did last night (in the semi-finals) so it's pretty disappointing. I didn't swim as fast as I did last night. It's as simple as that.

    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.

    I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event,

    It's a hot field. It's going to be a good race at the Commonwealth Games,

    I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

    I have struggled for the last three weeks to overcome my illness. It's very disappointing that I can't be part of the team.

    I hope I have preparations where I am healthy and I can produce my best. I hope that once I'm better I can monitor these things and when I get worn out and fatigued, really monitor my health as well as I can.

    I wouldn't final (I wouldn't make it to the final) in any of my events. Semi-final, I doubt and so , you know, I don't know how I'd be after the races either. I could do more damage than good.

    Nowhere near as sluggish for a morning swim this morning, so I was comfortable and hopefully it'll be a bit faster tonight.

    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 didn't think that that was going to happen, ... Maybe what I need is to get up and give more than I had tonight. But I'm really pleased with the way I swam.


    It's getting close to being two years away, so it's close, and it's exciting already,

    It was difficult coming to terms with not being able to compete but in the end it was the only decision I could come to.

    She's just pulling her hair out. But really she's cool with it.

    In the end it was the only decision I could come to. I would have been so far off my best it was not worthwhile. I'm not where I need to be.

    Training in that cold pool of a morning really tests you, whether you really want to do it or not,

    Having time away, it reignites that passion and that fire that you have. And I have that back and I'm looking forward to the next four years,

    I wouldn't have swum this race if I wasn't satisfied about the decision Craig had made and how he made the decision,

    I hope that this isn't something that's recurring. I hope I have preparations where I am healthy and can produce my best.


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