When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.
Ian ThorpeI'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
Ian ThorpeThis Is Meโ: โFor the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women, I love children and aspire to have a family one day โฆ I know what it's like to grow up and be told what your sexuality is, then realising that it's not the full reality. I was accused of being gay before I knew who I was.
Ian Thorpe