Australian - Athlete | October 13, 1982 -
Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
Ian Thorpe
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.
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I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.
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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.
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I'm still swimming.
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I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.
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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.
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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.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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