Adam Peaty Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.
-
I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
-
I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
-
I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
-
As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
-
I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
-
I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my youth - limited edition, vintage, whatever. You could recognise people and judge their character through their trainers. I'm a Nike man.
-
I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
-
They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
-
Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
-
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
-
If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
-
So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
-
Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
-
I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
-
I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
-
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
-
Starting with 'Forever, Interrupted,' I somehow convinced myself that in order to create content, I had to consume content. What this means is that I have legitimized binge-watching television and told myself that I must do it for work.
-
One thing I always say when I discuss guns with people - if a gun is not present, it's generally more difficult to do irreparable harm.
-
A rose trapped inside a fist.
-
My workday is non-stop break-neck high stakes and high pressure. Every day.
-
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
-
I remember I once went to a nutritionist who said I come from good Russian-Jewish peasant stock, which means I can hold a potato in my body for a week, if need be.
-
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.
