Adam Peaty Quotes

Adam Peaty

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 28, 1994

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

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I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.

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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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The more you believe in yourself, the faster you're going to get.

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Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it's paid off.

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Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.

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It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.

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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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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.

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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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I'm hugely patriotic.

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It's great to see that kind of support online. For people to be messaging myself, my nan and the rest of my family, all the support has been great.

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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.

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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?

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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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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.

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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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Mum tries to make every race that she can.

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I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ever done in training.

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The roar of the crowd when you come out for a final is like nothing else: when 15,000 people are cheering you, a lot of adrenaline goes right through you.

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