Ian Thorpe Quotes

The greatest joy I get is setting up plays for somebody else. I take a lot of pride in helping other people make plays.

That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.

My drive is other people's success.

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.

Being able to play together, we're going to motivate each other; we're going to help each other out. I think it would be something special.

It's a team game. I feel happier when I pass the ball than when I score.

Before I became a leader, I thought success was all about building myself up. But then, once I became a leader, I realized that success is about building others up.

The only thing I think about is helping the team, respecting all my team-mates, not being selfish.

I want to help my team-mates as much as possible.

There's something so beautiful in playing a character that supports another character's success.

I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.

The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.

I never take things for granted. I always look to help out me teammates, to win and be better.

No one stands taller in the climb to success than when he bends over to help up someone else.

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

I look at power as the ability to get people motivated and to get them to do things that maybe they don't think are important but, in the end, are in pursuit of something greater than themselves.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

I know I want to help people and inspire people. That's my purpose in life.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.