Adam Peaty Quotes

Adam Peaty

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 28, 1994

Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.

Adam Peaty

To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.

Adam Peaty

Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.

Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty

Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.

Adam Peaty

This medal goes to show that you don't always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve.

Adam Peaty

I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.

Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty

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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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.

Adam Peaty

Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!

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There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.

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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.

Adam Peaty

I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.

Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty

I've been going to the same barber the last few years, and we have great chats whenever I'm in the chair. He'll ask: 'How you doing? How's the training going?' Just ordinary, obvious things, but then, like you do with your barber, you start talking about personal stuff.

Adam Peaty

I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.

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