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

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Source : "Ian Thorpe fails in bid to qualify for Australian Olympic team". www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2012.

Ian Thorpe

#Goal Quotes #Desire Quotes #Stills Quotes

“Come on, Kaylee, before I choke on testosterone and melodrama.”
“if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.”
“A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.”
“The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won't have time to envy the man above him.”
“In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.”

Source : "Leaner and meaner" by Bill Elliott, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2008.
“I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.”

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan
“It's just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure.”
“I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books, or was a horror buff.”

Source : "Chad Lindberg Exclusive Interview THE CAPE and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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