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