[Mr. Thorpe has offered Derry a job as asst. floor manager and part-time soda jerk] Fred Derry: At what salary? Mr. Thorpe: Thirty-two fifty per week. Fred Derry: Thirty-two fifty. I used to make over four hundred dollars a month in the Air Force. Mr...
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for M...
I never thought of being disadvantaged.
Nothing comes sailing by itself.
By 9:30 at night, I go to bed.
Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
I'm probably the most negative person around.
It's so rewarding the journey that I've been on.
My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.
I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.
I have always had the sea as my playground.
Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.
I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.
I'm a different athlete, I'm a different person.
Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.
My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.
Elvis is sweet, but I prefer sleeping with you.
Whenever you get a sharp pain, you need to back it off.
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose.
