“For myself,
losing is not coming second.
It’s getting out ofthe water knowing
you could have done better.
For myself,
I have won every race I’ve been in.”
~ Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, OAM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics…Source
