Thorpe Quotes

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

To be recognized as great is the culmination of a career, not a specific event. So we will have to wait and see, for Ian Thorpe.

I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.

It`s not a sightseeing tour, I can tell you that. Ian Thorpe says it`s the best place in the world to train.

Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed, ... My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw.

Thorpe will be back, which is good. Swimming is huge in Australia, and me and Roland versus Thorpe is already being built up,

(It is not a comfort zone; as Chris Read and Graham Thorpe discovered, players do get dropped. But rookies get a run first and changes are usually made with a view to the long term. The team have thus been able to grow together and bond. The side Giles came into was a wary one with some players playing primarily for themselves, an inevitable consequence of chop-and-change team selection. Now they are a team.) It`s a completely different atmosphere to `98, ... It`s much more professional and we are much more together. I found it quite tricky in `98. No disrespect to anyone in that side, because players made me feel welcome, but it was very disjointed. Now we are basically another county team. We know each other that well. We`ve played that much cricket together.