Words matter. These are the best Adam Peaty Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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.
The more you believe in yourself, the faster you’re going to get.
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.
I don’t think I’m a good dancer.
For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we’ve been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.
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.
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.
Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn’t he?
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.
People make the mistake of thinking they’ve got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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.
Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.
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.’
When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I’m doing faster times I’ve ever done in training.
I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff.
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.
Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven’t grown up!
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.
I’m hugely patriotic.
I’ve made sure I am working hard enough to get that lead and keep it there.
For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.
There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
