The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.
Interpretation
The speaker expresses regret for not being open about their identity sooner, highlighting the personal journey and challenges faced by others.
In this quote, Ian Thorpe reflects on his experience of coming out and the feelings of shame he has for not doing it earlier. He acknowledges the personal struggle involved in accepting one's truth and emphasizes that everyone has their own journey, hoping that by sharing his own story, he can make it easier for others facing similar challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about embracing one's true self.
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.
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
I'm scared of him," said Piggy, "and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe.
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.
The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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