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[-told]: This is hard enough without trying to bluff your way or fake your way through it,
bdnews24 14-JAN-12
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[-said]: This is the best I can swim at this stage, there’s a lot I have to improve upon now,
dailytimesPK 14-JAN-12
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[-admitted]: If he just wants to look at the 100, it's probably more difficult for him. His focus needs to be about the 200, because that's what he's good at.
smh 13-JAN-12
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[ said]: I am missing race rhythm but the time is about what I expected,
channelnewsasia 17-DEC-11
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[ said]: It was hard but I knew that it would have been. It's important that I compete,
france24 16-DEC-11
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[-said]: I am not disappointed at all. I expected my first race wouldn't be that fast and that is what it was,
irishsun 16-NOV-11
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[-told]: I'm not disappointed at all. I expected my first race wouldn't be that fast and that's what it was,
france24 16-NOV-11
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[ added]: There are...some things I need to improve on, but I think most importantly, I rediscovered love and passion for the sport. I don't think I can underestimate the value of that,
irishsun 16-NOV-11
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[ said]: This week has been challenging, but has been very good,
japantoday 13-NOV-11
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[-told]: It was OK. It wasn't my best performance in this series,
japantimes 08-NOV-11
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[-said]: I think a lot of people underestimated the complexity of swimming,
france24 08-NOV-11
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[-announce]: If I get to the end of Tokyo and I'm not swimming faster I am going to be very frustrated and I'll be quite annoyed, because I expect this of myself at the moment.
france24 08-NOV-11
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[-told]: It was OK. It wasn’t my best performance in this series,
japantoday 08-NOV-11
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[-said]: I don't expect people to be patient. People can want to see me to do well and want to see me do well quickly,
smh 05-NOV-11
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[-told]: I’m really pleased with the first 50, the fly leg was great, the backstroke was great and I’m really happy with the underwater work tonight,
hurriyetdailynews 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: People want to see me do well and see me do well quickly. I prefer to do that, I prefer not to wait,
hurriyetdailynews 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: I came here expecting to get absolutely hammered in races and I knew it was going to happen,
breakingnews 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: The good thing about racing is you have something that is really quite black and white about what you are doing,
smh 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: I think I have to have a reality check of where I am, as opposed to how I feel about how I am training,
smh 05-NOV-11
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[ said]: It wasn’t too bad – I’m not embarrassed,
dailytimesPK 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: I would have liked to have made the final in that one,
bdnews24 05-NOV-11
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[-told]: I came here expecting to get absolutely hammered in races and I knew it was going to happen and anyone who didn't think that was going to happen didn't have this in perspective,
bdnews24 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: It hasn't been too bad, I'm not embarrassed yet,
independent 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: Now that there is a few results there that I can work on, I look at the next competition and it has to be faster and the following one needs to be faster as well,
smh 05-NOV-11
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[-said]: I didn't vomit or anything like this so that was the upside,
mg 04-NOV-11
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[-said]: I don't expect patience.. you know, people want to see me do well and see me do well quickly ... I'd prefer to do that and I'd prefer not to wait,
smh 04-NOV-11
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[-said]: I'm happy,
smh 04-NOV-11
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[-said]: A lot more relaxed this evening,
aljazeera 04-NOV-11
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[ said]: It wasn't too bad -- I'm not embarrassed,
channelnewsasia 04-NOV-11
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[-told]: I'm really pleased with the first 50, the fly leg was great, the backstroke was great and I'm really happy with the underwater work tonight,
aljazeera 04-NOV-11
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[ said]: I was doing really well—and then the breaststroke happened,
japantoday 04-NOV-11
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[ said]: It wasn’t too bad—I’m not embarrassed,
japantoday 04-NOV-11
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[-said]: I don’t expect patience from people who want to see me do well and do well quickly,
japantoday 04-NOV-11
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[ said]: It's quite strange because I feel like this has taken forever to come but also the time has flown between this period of preparing for competition again,
smh 03-NOV-11
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[-told]: It's not going to be extraordinary and it's not going to be horrible,
mg 03-NOV-11
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[-said]: My biggest rival is time,
mg 03-NOV-11
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[-said]: I'm going with nerves. I'm actually more nervous than I usually am for a competition. I'm excited as well, but I was equally as excited as I was nervous but as it is going to be closer, I'm getting more nervous about it. I also kind of feel like once I have couple of swims you know that will kind of dissipate and I'll be able to get on with racing then. So I'm going to go with nerves and if there's anything else that's better,
rt 03-NOV-11
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[ said]: It is not going to be extraordinary and it is not going to be horrible. That is quite a vast range so I'm going to hit something in the middle,
bdnews24 03-NOV-11
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[-said]: If we want to talk about rivalry, I think my biggest rival is time. Because I'm not the kind of person that races off other people,
france24 03-NOV-11
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[-said]: I'm more nervous than I usually am,
smh 03-NOV-11
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[-said]: I have neither a time nor a place (as a goal),
smh 03-NOV-11
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[-told]: Just don't expect too much from me right now and don't judge too quickly,
bdnews24 02-NOV-11
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[ said]: I'm more prepared to struggle through this whole thing and just enjoy it because I've never experienced that in my career,
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[-added]: Medals are good but, for us in swimming, times are better because you have very little control over who wins,
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[said:]: My goal at the start - and this will remain my goal through the Olympics - was to be able to swim faster than I used to.
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[said:]: I'm more concerned about [being really successful] because that's what I'm not prepared for.
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[-also said]: For some reason, in my mind, this is helping me. It's making it harder so I'm more focused.
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[ said]: My goal at the start - and this will remain my goal through the Olympics - was to be able to swim faster than I used to,
bbc 20-OCT-11
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[-said]: I'm excited about being part of an Australian swim team again after all these years,
smh 23-SEP-11
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[-told]: For the moment I've the intention of continuing swimming after the London Games,
smh 26-JUN-11
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[explained:]: I realize it's mainly the last opportunity where I can do this and after this, physically I may not be able to do it any more.
chinadaily 13-JUN-11
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[ said]: It's really nice to be swimming again and to enjoy the life of an athlete. I think I forgot what it's like to do this and I didn't appreciate that so few people get to enjoy this,
channelnewsasia 12-JUN-11
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[ said]: Now I'm back doing this, I'm enjoying the kind of training lifestyle, to be fit and healthy again,
channelnewsasia 12-JUN-11
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[explained:]: I realise it's mainly the last opportunity where I can do this and after this, physically I may not be able to do it any more.
channelnewsasia 12-JUN-11
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[said:]: I'm physically not ready to know how well I can swim. I'm working on it. Towards the end of the year, I'll be able to answer more directly.
channelnewsasia 12-JUN-11
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[-said]: We were talking about the charity work that we did and it really struck a chord with the prince and he took a great interest in the area that I work in which is indigenous health and education in Australia,
smh 30-APR-11
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[ said]: I'm looking forward to working with Gennadi, and have been hopeful for some time now that we would be able to get together,
irishsun 16-MAR-11
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[-announce]: It's a balancing act where fear comes in and motivation - it's a great place to be, on that edge.
smh 08-FEB-11
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[-says]: I get the same level of satisfaction from the programs that I have in my charity, but it's stretched out over the years,
smh 08-FEB-11
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[-said]: Today I can say that I am now 100 percent mentally and physically committed to competing at the Olympic trials and am doing all in my power to best prepare for them and beyond,
upi 03-FEB-11
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[ said]: You say there's a rivalry – I think of the American team as my friends as well. We wish them well, but not too well, [that] can be the official message,
guardian 02-FEB-11
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[-said]: I have had an almost flawless career, and I put that at risk,
ynetnews 02-FEB-11
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[-said that]: sneaky
smh 02-FEB-11
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[-said]: But my drive to perform at the London Olympics is bigger than how I feel about putting myself through this.
smh 02-FEB-11
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[-said]: It hasn't been something that I have taken lightly in making a decision to return to competitive swimming but I actually made a decision in September,
lebanonews 02-FEB-11
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[ said]: The level of expectation that's on me is enormous it's probably only outweighed by my own expectations,
hurriyetdailynews 02-FEB-11
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[-said]: It hasn’t been something that I have taken lightly in making a decision to return to competitive swimming but I actually made a decision in September,
eecho 02-FEB-11
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[-told]: It hasn't been something that I have taken lightly, making a decision to return to competitive swimming,
smh 02-FEB-11
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[ added]: I'm very glad that I am. I'm glad I spent four years away from the pool. I needed those four years,
smh 02-FEB-11
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[-said]: I'm very glad that I am. I'm glad I spent four years away from the pool. I needed those four years.
abc 02-FEB-11
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