Adam Peaty Quotes
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got to control it so you don't get too far out of the race.
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Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
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I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.
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I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'
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Ever since I did that 57.9 last year, the Americans have been analysing me in detail. You can see on the swimming web pages. They are breaking it down in every detail. How many strokes I take. How quick I am in and out of the wall.
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The more you believe in yourself, the faster you're going to get.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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What's the worst that could happen? You're going to come second or lose? It's not like someone has got a gun to your head.
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To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
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I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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My family are massive fans of 'I'm A Celeb,' so that would be pretty cool. There's so many areas where you can go in and enjoy, but I just like meeting new people.
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You can easily say, 'I can go 56', but how are you going to do that?
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I'm going into my first Olympics, whereas people I'm racing against are going into their third and fourth and probably last Olympics. So there's more pressure on them to perform. I've still got a whole future ahead of me. I am not even the Olympic champ.
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Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.