There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.
Sport provides the spectacle, the metaphor, the religious ritual, the putty to fill the cracks in countless lives.
That's what I think people sense when they get hooked by surfing - hooked by their relationship with the ocean. All of a sudden, they're part of something that's bigger than them.
When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.
The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.
But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
All I can say to the young players is, enjoy every moment of it. Just enjoy every moment of it. Your career goes by very quickly.
No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.
For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement
In hindsight everything is much clearer.
I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time where no one will ask you.
I've always believed that the desire must come from within, not as a result of being driven by coaches or parents.
I don't linger on the fact that Dawn Fraser was a great swimmer 40 years ago. That was in the past. I did break 41 world records, but I don't live on that today.
If you're good at it, you can win.
We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.
The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.
It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.
I've worked hard all my life.
Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.
I can remember crawling through the window where he was in the hospital... He said, 'You have a gift... keep training for me.' I s'pose those were the last words he ever spoke to me.
When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.
A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation.
Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
Just keep going. Everybody gets better if they keep at it.
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