Ian Thorpe Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

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.

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.

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.

Trivia

In September 2006, Ian’s fall into the pool ahead of the 400m freestyle at the 2004 Australian Swimming Championships was listed at #27 in TV Week's 'Top 50 most memorable moments on Australian television' list.