Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.

- Ian Thorpe

This Is Me”: ”For 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 ha…

- Ian Thorpe

I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on swimming until I feel I cannot get any more out of myself.

- Ian Thorpe

I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is tr…

- Ian Thorpe

There is water in every lane, so it is OK.

- Ian Thorpe

I've missed out on a huge goal but the desire is still there.

- Ian Thorpe

I am not going to allow myself not to perform well just because I don't feel well. I am bulletproof to the extent that a lot of things can be thrown …

- Ian Thorpe

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 bee…

- Ian Thorpe

I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line th…

- Ian Thorpe