Biceps for show, triceps for go.
Adam Peaty
There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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
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.
Adam Peaty
The more you believe in yourself, the faster you’re going to get.
Adam Peaty
Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn’t he?
Adam Peaty
Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did – bronze, silver or gold.
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
Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.
Adam Peaty
Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.
Adam Peaty
Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.
Adam Peaty
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.
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’m into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
I’ve made sure I am working hard enough to get that lead and keep it there.
Adam Peaty
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.’
Adam Peaty
In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
Adam Peaty
People make the mistake of thinking they’ve got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
Adam Peaty
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
Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it’s paid off.
Adam Peaty
I don’t think I’m a good dancer.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
Adam Peaty
I believe in that gladiatorial mind-set. I love it.
Adam Peaty
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.
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
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.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics – especially with the chance I’ve got.
Adam Peaty
I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one’s forcing me.
Adam Peaty
I am only this successful because I’m so good at grounding myself.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
Adam Peaty
You can easily say, ‘I can go 56’, but how are you going to do that?
Adam Peaty
When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
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
Mum tries to make every race that she can.
Adam Peaty
There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
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
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.
Adam Peaty
Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
Adam Peaty
Nothing means more to me than racing for my country, the Queen, the Royal Family, and the people back home that support me.
Adam Peaty
Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven’t grown up!
Adam Peaty
I still like to sit in a room and play games all day, so I’m a kid, really.
Adam Peaty
My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.
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
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.
Adam Peaty
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.
Adam Peaty
I’ve become the hunted. I’m enjoying that. It’s better to be the hunted than the hunter.
Adam Peaty