FastSaying

People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and let my body do what it knows.


Ian Thorpe

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW I don't remember what was going through my mind, but what was going through my body was fear and ter...
JOHN ABERCROMBIE Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't...
STEPHENIE MEYER I didn't know what was going through my mind.
GABRIELA SABATINI I Don't Like What I Do, I Love What I Do!
JOHN PETERS Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ...
GERMANY KENT It gave me an opportunity to see what was going on with recruiting. Once he came through and let eve...
CASAAN BREEDEN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Everybody defines word in different ways,next time i say a word do ask me what it implies and dont j...
OLASOT Oh that it were my chief delight To do the things I ought! Then let me try with all my might To mind...
JANE TAYLOR And then we jerked to a stop. Jared was blocking the exit. "Have you lost your mind, Ian?" he asked,...
STEPHENIE MEYER When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like...
CAROL CHANNING People who know your work and know your personality, they know your strengths and weaknesses. A dire...
DOUG JONES The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body k...
SUE MONK KIDD I don't know how to read him. I don't know what he's going to do. It just made me know that we don't...
JEFF SESSIONS I didn't really set my mind as to what I was going to do. I just kind of let it happen when I was go...
PETR SYKORA Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of you. O, Father, give to your child what he himself knows ...
FRANÇOIS FENELON Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then ju...
RAINN WILSON I was never freaked out about what was going to happen to me. But I always believed in my heart (Arm...
BILL STAPLETON My heart knows me better than I know myself. So, I'm going to let it do all of the talking.
KAT BEA We're one and he knows what I'm going to ask of him and I know what to expect from him.
CATRINA LANGLEY Before I went through that situation, and during the time I was in there, I know there were people w...
GLORIA TREVI He pretty much knows my body, sort of like (Patriots strength and conditioning) coach (Mike) Woicik ...
DEION BRANCH In this group, people try to help and let everybody know what [your rights are].
ALBA QUINONES Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of...
MARTIN SCORSESE I ask God to bind my life to your life so that my mind will be one with your mind," I repeat the wor...
AMY A. BARTOL I don't know off hand. Let me ask Thomas and Scalia what they think.
HARRIET MIERS People ask me, what was your rock bottom? I say, pick.
DANNY BONADUCE I constantly push my body to meet what my mind wants me to be able to do.
CHARLIE EBERSOL Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL you really think im happy what just because i smile haha thats a joke is the devil good just because...
AMBER FAITH HUN people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don...
CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ I can't sit here and try to tell you what Terrell is going to do. Only Terrell knows what he is goin...
BRIAN DAWKINS I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved m...
DAVID NAIL If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep.
DEYTH BANGER WHY YOU DO, is more important than WHAT YOU DO.
RODNEY LOVELL We are [God's] by creation, and again by redemption. He has every right to tell me what to do with m...
RANDY ALCORN My mind was spinning. I didn't know what to do.
JOSH PEPPERS It's more like I was daydreaming when the Supreme Being told me what I should do with my life, and i...
TIM THARP It was so bang-bang, I had no idea what happened or what caused the ball to be loose, ... All I knew...
DAVE ROBERTS I know what I need to do to prepare myself, and I try to do the best I can to take care of my body a...
BEN ZOBRIST I don't know what was going on. It just seemed like everything was just going in for me. I just did ...
HOPE SCHULTE I know what my body can do.
ERIC WEDDLE If they're paying money to have you on their team, you should want to ask and should want to know --...
A.J. NICHOLSON i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g...
DALLY SALAD It's trying, but you only have to go through it one time. Anything for my chance. I want them to kno...
JOSEPH ADDAI I think being isolated like that let me really get in touch with my inner voice. I was able to ask m...
HARLAND WILLIAMS I don't know what was in his mind, but I do know Ford was stricken by what he had done, by hitti...
HENRY FONDA No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassur...
NIKKI ROWE I thought I was trying to do my best and what he wanted me to do, ... I was getting the grasp of it....
JASON KIDD Nothing was guaranteed; the roster was set, and even if I chose to stay, there's no guarantee of me ...
AL LEITER What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL No. You can't work your way into heaven. Anytime you try and justify yourself with works, you disqua...
MITCH ALBOM I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribut...
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG People ask me what has been going on, and I can't even explain it to myself.
BOONE LOGAN During the day I would move my body to the rhythm that only I could hear. I would try and connect wi...
THE HIPPIE I know what I have done, and Your Honor knows what I have done. Somewhere between my ambition and my...
JEB STUART MAGRUDER We don't know when we're going to get in, but I know [Weiss] does have the confidence in me and will...
MATEEN CLEAVES Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you...
LISA KLEYPAS Your mind expresses your emotions through your body. To know your emotions, know your body.
JIM GENOVESE What was my body to me? A kind of flunkey in my service. Let but my anger wax hot, my love grow exal...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY It's the best I ever wrestled. I was going out there to try and do my best and try to go six minutes...
ED HENRY I didn't know what he was going through on the sideline. I didn't want to know what he was going thr...
JOE TERESHINSKI People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea....
DAVID MCCULLOUGH It's funny, I'm very analytical in my real life, but in terms of my films, I try to not anal...
NOAH BAUMBACH From what I've seen, Newman is a talented race car driver and knows how to go fast, ... He's like me...
DAVID PEARSON Ian (Thorpe) is now in the top three most recognized sports stars in Japan behind Tigers Woods and D...
DAVE FLASKAS I don't want to know that you don't want me. I don't want to know what you do without me. I don't wa...
SARA QUIN Personally, I like what they ask me to do. I like going into the corners and finishing my checks eve...
MASI MARJAMAKI People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the...
ROGERS HORNSBY My father was very methodical about life. He'd always ask me, 'Now, what's your system? ...
JEFF MACNELLY I shove him back. “I can convince him.”
“What? By seducing him?” Morpheus scof...
A.G. HOWARD There was a glare, the sun was still coming up, and … I couldn't see. You could just hear it. I di...
MIKE WEIR This whole season was a blessing. To go through what I went through last year, it was just so frustr...
BRIAN URLACHER I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.
COLIN KAEPERNICK Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
SACHIN TENDULKAR Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.
~WALT DISNEY What you do will project you
SOTONYE ANGA Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go throu...
JIM VALVANO Damon [Stoudamire] gave me advice of things I need to do to get through the whole season. The main t...
SEBASTIAN TELFAIR When I made it, I still didn't wave the flag and say, Yeah go Asian people. I do want people to know...
CHAD HUGO We didn't know what he was going through because none of us had been through it before. What he went...
LINC DARNER It's not a sightseeing tour, I can tell you that. Ian Thorpe says it's the best place in the world t...
EDDIE MCGUIRE Americans are so direct. They'd ask me, 'What's your five-year plan? Do you have a five-...
ASHLEY JENSEN I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont w...
TUPAC SHAKUR Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I ...
MARIAH CAREY Don’t cry,” he whispers. “Just let me do what I do best, baby. Let me take care of you.” “...
KRISTEN PROBY I was going to show my kids that no matter what happened with their parents, parole officers and oth...
ERIN GRUWELL Tell you what, you let me go, and I’ll ask you plenty of questions about your race. Until then, I�...
J.R. WARD Don't ever think that regret is always a mistake, and mistake is always a regret because one day, Yo...
KENT SOLATORIO LOPEZ what keeps me going is the fact that there is someone out there who wants to be in my "shoes"..yes,m...
PHILLIP BUYONDO Strength is not a trait, it's a choice.
BETHANY D HEAD Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then...
B. B. KING No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some p...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO I get so sad that sad gets to be.
So scared that all my feelings they up and leave me. I got so...
TEGAN QUIN It's not even real. It's unreal what they're going through. I want to try to give them hope and to l...
GEORGE SHINN I would remember them forever–their names, my reasons, the way their bodies slumped in death and t...
LINSEY MILLER She has just the right things to say and just the right ways to let me feel better. She's been here ...
ELLI OCHOWICZ I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing...
SYDNEY POLLACK Do you know what i hate? I hate people who hides behind GOD, it doesn't matter how much u pray or fa...
CRYSTAL DEONARINE

More Ian Thorpe

I'm still swimming.
IAN THORPE For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have do...
IAN THORPE I've enjoyed training again, I've enjoyed pushing myself in the pool and I'll keep on sw...
IAN THORPE I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become c...
IAN THORPE I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a...
IAN THORPE Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does ...
IAN THORPE I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the ...
IAN THORPE I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going...
IAN THORPE Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.
IAN THORPE Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what w...
IAN THORPE I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm ...
IAN THORPE The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
IAN THORPE For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done b...
IAN THORPE Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what w...
IAN THORPE I didn't think that that was going to happen, ... Maybe what I need is to get up and give more than ...
IAN THORPE It's a hot field. It's going to be a good race at the Commonwealth Games,
IAN THORPE After that, it was then that I wanted to be back and competing,
IAN THORPE Training in that cold pool of a morning really tests you, whether you really want to do it or not,
IAN THORPE It was tough but I was able to produce a pretty good performance and I'm ecstatic about the result.
IAN THORPE I have never taken so many tablets in my life as I have in the past few weeks.
IAN THORPE I'm happy to live here.
IAN THORPE My training is going exceptionally well. I'm fit and I have been for quite some time. I'm looking fo...
IAN THORPE It's a hot 100 field at the moment. It's going to be a good Commonwealth Games . . . a very, very to...
IAN THORPE She's just pulling her hair out. But really she's cool with it.
IAN THORPE I am a bit disappointed with it, but it served its purpose. There is no reason I felt pretty ordinar...
IAN THORPE I wasn't happy with it at all. I thought I would go faster than what I did last night (in the semi-f...
IAN THORPE I've have never taken so many tablets in my life as what I have in the past few weeks. I've just bee...
IAN THORPE It was difficult coming to terms with not being able to compete but in the end it was the only decis...
IAN THORPE I have struggled for the last three weeks to overcome my illness. It's very disappointing that I can...
IAN THORPE I'm excited about swimming the event because I won my first Olympic gold medal in the event,
IAN THORPE I wouldn't have swum this race if I wasn't satisfied about the decision Craig had made and how he ma...
IAN THORPE I don't know if I am going to race [in the worlds]. I'd like to, but I don't want to race unless I'm...
IAN THORPE Having time away, it reignites that passion and that fire that you have. And I have that back and I'...
IAN THORPE I think I should retire after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
IAN THORPE It's getting close to being two years away, so it's close, and it's exciting already,
IAN THORPE For me coming from England, I think that for Phoenix having so much sunshine, solar panels would be ...
ALAN THORPE Essentially the more we pollute the atmosphere, the more we can expect these [negative] effects to o...
ALAN THORPE There are a number of knock-on effects of changing climate and environment that people can find hard...
ALAN THORPE People get concerned when temperatures at night get very high. With temperatures being 10 degrees hi...
ALAN THORPE Global warming will significantly affect the reduction of rainfall in Phoenix and the amount of air ...
ALAN THORPE Phoenix temperatures have been going up because of the urbanization. Previously vegetative surfaces ...
ALAN THORPE Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.
JEREMY THORPE Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.
JAMES THORPE It is possible for millions...to be almost utterly deprived of representation in the House of Common...
JEREMY THORPE My ex-wife did three or four articles about me in a tabloid newspaper which was very sad,
GRAHAM THORPE I always told the girls there is no such thing as girls and boys basketball, there's just basketball...
DAVID THORPE I think we have to try to be as annoying as we can, and take points off Australia to give ourselves ...
GRAHAM THORPE Sure, and fatherhood is super important too. I'm not trying to make this a women-only club by any me...
RUFI THORPE It wasn't that Lorrie Ann was becoming a Goody Two-shoes. It wasn't that she wanted to be perfect or...
RUFI THORPE What had been so funny? But you can never remember what you were laughing about, and even if you cou...
RUFI THORPE Whatever it is that hurts you, don't talk to anyone about it.
RUFI THORPE I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.
JIM THORPE It was a scrap, not the prettiest of innings,
GRAHAM THORPE It didn't go too well with Yale students. Yale students didn't open their minds to two candidates. I...
CORDELIA THORPE I was very interested to see if the PDC sessions would have any tangible content about where LINQ dr...
DANNY THORPE There were soft greens and fairways, ... They moved the tee markers down. It was very generous.
JIM THORPE She had been beaten unconscious. She was covered in blood. She had this cord wrapped around her neck...
GRAHAM THORPE I give 'em the hip, then I take it away.
JIM THORPE What this case is about is a betrayal of trust.
GRAHAM THORPE Yeah, but Hale owns that place over there.
JIM THORPE The competition out here is incredible and it gets tougher every week. But this week is more excitin...
JIM THORPE The reason we can play, ... is that it's not about the golf swing. It makes no difference how you sw...
JIM THORPE From No. 11 on, I hit the ball very well. I felt my iron game was very good today, and then I hit tw...
JIM THORPE There's nothing wrong with giving.
JIM THORPE The sounds of Bye, Bye Blackbird still stung him to the day he passed away.
JIM THORPE We actually had a barbecue that Sunday, ... I was out in the garden while a lot of the other blokes ...
GRAHAM THORPE As alderperson I'd be focusing totally, 100 percent on all constituents in my ward. It would be my p...
CORDELIA THORPE I'm for everyone. Each member of this ward is important to me.
CORDELIA THORPE We set up like any normal dentist's office.
DAWN THORPE In the Lansing School District, we are working with individual schools. When possible, we like to wo...
DAWN THORPE It takes about 30 minutes to set up. We just need two rooms with access to running water and electri...
DAWN THORPE The weather was perfect. I like this golf course. The greens are loaded. ... We know we can make bir...
JIM THORPE I'm running because of neglect of the community, neglect of the people, neglect of the democratic pr...
CORDELIA THORPE I would say 99 percent of the community members do not know who's on the ward committee, do not know...
CORDELIA THORPE Anders never fails to deliver on content, and I am pleased to see that LINQ provides significant sys...
DANNY THORPE [And Borland is poised to provide support for LINQ from its Delphi platform.] LINQ for Delphi? ... I...
DANNY THORPE What is unusual is them talking about making changes - which I think shows which side is dominant.
GRAHAM THORPE This side has probably got a good four or five years, but Australia don't have that. This Australia ...
GRAHAM THORPE I think England can go into the fourth Test buoyed by their performances already and are in a situat...
GRAHAM THORPE I think England have matched them on a competitive level. I think Australia know that now, and the c...
GRAHAM THORPE Last chance. Basically, last chance.
GRAHAM THORPE I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's th...
GRAHAM THORPE I've never been one to look too far ahead since I came back into the England side and I'm not going ...
GRAHAM THORPE The way to do it is enjoy our cricket and relax, to accept that occasionally you'll have a bad day a...
GRAHAM THORPE I'm a big believer that life still goes on.
GRAHAM THORPE It's just another small way we can offer Christ to all.
ED THORPE Air Force families transferring into the Randolph Air Force Base area hear about us before they even...
ED THORPE We heard many positive comments about the free breakfast and our caring, friendly church. Our goal w...
ED THORPE I am (very) interactive. I was able to have a couple of jokes.
JAMES THORPE Lindsay has an amazing way of working with anybody. She brings a positive light to everything she do...
JAMES THORPE I have the ability to help the organization go further and help students more.
JAMES THORPE It makes me very sad none of that is still in existence. But things are much better now. To the top ...
JAMES THORPE I wish I would have written his name down. I'm sure he was here watching us.
LEWIS THORPE There was one kid, he said he watched us the last couple of years and he really went into depth abou...
LEWIS THORPE That has been our goal all season, to win the state Class A championship. We got a taste of what it ...
LEWIS THORPE We wanted to set the tone by getting off to a good start and we were able to do just that.
LEWIS THORPE Bryant's rebounding was key to the win, considering the size Laurinburg has. I was surprised we were...
LEWIS THORPE For the first and the last time in his life, Corax cried. He cried not for the loss of life, though ...
GAV THORPE We must screen for and treat psychological distress because it can translate into better physical he...
JOSHUA THORPE We must screen for and treat psychological distress because it can translate into better physical he...
JOSHUA THORPE Curfew must not ring to-night.
ROSE HARTWICK THORPE It's important to get an update on the current physical and mental health status.
DR. LORNA THORPE These figures are high, they're concerning - we now need to know if they're still persisting.
DR. LORNA THORPE Building survivors overall had high levels of respiratory symptoms and high levels of mental health ...
DR. LORNA THORPE That was most surprising to us - the impact of the dust cloud.
DR. LORNA THORPE A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember s...
IAN FRAZIER Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
IAN FLEMING There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
IAN WILLIAMS Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
IAN MCSHANE Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
IAN DUNBAR Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
JANIS IAN Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an ...
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
IAN SOMERHALDER You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an act...
IAN SOMERHALDER The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide sprea...
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be...
IAN SOMERHALDER Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their commun...
IAN SOMERHALDER They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or...
IAN SOMERHALDER Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat ...
IAN SOMERHALDER I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolut...
IAN SOMERHALDER Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.
IAN SOMERHALDER I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major pro...
IAN SOMERHALDER I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to sho...
IAN SOMERHALDER A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
IAN SOMERHALDER You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
IAN SOMERHALDER There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
IAN SOMERHALDER I always try to be reasonable and effective.
IAN SMITH Every human being makes mistakes.
IAN SMITH Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't wan...
IAN SMITH Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principle...
IAN SMITH Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
IAN SCHRAGER My best vacation was renting a boat and motoring along the Adriatic, going along the Croatian coast,...
IAN SCHRAGER I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
IAN SCHRAGER The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents'...
IAN SCHRAGER I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,...
IAN SCHRAGER Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.
IAN SCHRAGER I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
IAN SCHRAGER Good design is good business.
IAN SCHRAGER People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's ...
IAN RUSH I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.
IAN RUSH I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back...
IAN RUSH I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to...
IAN RUSH I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I...
IAN RUSH The only thing I can cook is Welsh rarebit.
IAN RUSH There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football clu...
IAN RUSH This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. That's what it&...
IAN RUSH I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
IAN RUSH You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.
IAN RUSH It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
IAN RUSH I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
IAN RUSH Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. ...
IAN RUSH Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
IAN RUSH I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia...
IAN RUSH I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
IAN RUSH In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and ot...
IAN RUSH You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.
IAN RUSH I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm ...
IAN RANKIN A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up ...
IAN RANKIN Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
IAN RANKIN No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it'...
IAN RANKIN My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or s...
IAN RANKIN You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're ...
IAN RANKIN I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and...
IAN RANKIN I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. I...
IAN RANKIN The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon yo...
IAN RANKIN I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think...
IAN RANKIN I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, i...
IAN RANKIN At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ide...
IAN RANKIN I've always written. At the age of six or seven, I would get sheets of A4 paper and fold them in...
IAN RANKIN I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me...
IAN MILLAR It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the...
IAN MILLAR I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critic...
IAN MILLAR I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I...
IAN MILLAR When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and ye...
IAN MILLAR The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe th...
IAN MILLAR Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and...
IAN MILLAR If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.
IAN MILLAR I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent m...
IAN MCSHANE Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for...
IAN MCSHANE Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
IAN MCSHANE People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
IAN MCSHANE Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
IAN MCSHANE My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.'
IAN MCSHANE The bad boys get all the best lines.
IAN MCSHANE When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge y...
IAN MCSHANE Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
IAN MCSHANE I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
IAN MCSHANE Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill g...
IAN MCSHANE I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
IAN MCSHANE My second marriage was to a girl I met in Manchester, kept a long-distance relationship going for tw...
IAN MCSHANE Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
IAN MCSHANE If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footba...
IAN MCSHANE You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
IAN MCSHANE There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
IAN MCSHANE You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
IAN MCSHANE When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play...
IAN MCSHANE I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to ...
IAN MCSHANE What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.
IAN MCSHANE My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football...
IAN MCSHANE