Home / Quotes / Quote by Dawn Fraser

Quote by Dawn Fraser

“I've worked hard all my life.”

Quote by Dawn Fraser

Author

Dawn Fraser, born on September 4, 1937, is an Australian former swimmer who achieved great success in the 1950s and early 1960s. She is considered one of the greatest female swimmers of the 20th century, renowned for her exceptional achievements in short-distance freestyle events. She won multiple gold medals at the Olympics and also had significant success at the World Championships. more

You May Also Like

“Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.”

Thinking Way Motivational Sports Hurt Achieve Example Athlete Inspirational Sports

Author:Dawn Fraser

“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.”

Said I Can Lasts Remember Sports Training Window Spokes Hospitals Last Words Inspirational Sports Crawling

Author:Dawn Fraser

“When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.”

Way Giving Play Sports Tough Tests Dust Inches Cricket Inspirational Sports Englishmen Grind

Author:Donald Bradman

“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.”

Men Nations Sports Duty Golf Holes Afternoon Saturday Inspirational Sports Eighteen Saturday Afternoon

Author:Donald Horne

“Only in sport? The qualification would seem meaningless to many Australians. What also is there that matters as much as sport? It is only in sport that many Australians express those approaches to life that are un-Australian if expressed in any other connection.”

Ifs Matter Seems Sports Approach Connections Meaningless Inspirational Sports Australian Qualifications

Author:Donald Horne

“Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to that of a gallant challenger. Australians love a 'battler', an underdog who is fighting the top dog, although their veneration for him is likely to pass if he comes out from under.”

Ifs Has Beens Fighting Sports Sides Known Dog Fairs International Oneself Inspirational Sports Underdog Veneration Gallant

Book:The Lucky Country: Australia in the Sixties

Source: The Lucky Country: Australia in the Sixties

“I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment.”

Moments Dream Sports Wall Ambition Touched Olympics Inspirational Sports Olympic Games

Author:Duncan Armstrong

“When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.”

Hard Dream Young Force Sports Achieve Hard Work Your Dreams Inspirational Sports Dreams You Have

Author:Evonne Goolagong Cawley

“I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of revelation... when they realise instinctively that this is their game... I think I realised that those first couple of summers in Barellan when the War Memorial Tennis Club became my playground.”

People Thinking Knows Firsts Kind War Games Sports Couple Periods Summer Athlete Clubs Tennis Revelations Realising Destined Inspirational Sports Memorial Realised Playgrounds

Author:Evonne Goolagong Cawley

“Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match. Some players feel that winning is everything and that losing is a disaster. Not me. I want the spectators to take home a good memory.”

Want Feels Mean Home Winning Sports Memories Knowing Player Losing Crowds Disaster Enjoyed Inspirational Sports Spectators Good Memories Winning Is Everything

Author:Evonne Goolagong Cawley