Quotes from Adam Peaty


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


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.


It hasn't always been a sweet ride. When I was 15, I almost hated racing in finals because I was so nervous. But as I got more experienced, I had to choose between fight and flight - and I've fought every time.


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.


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.


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.


When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.


When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.


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.


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.


You can easily say, 'I can go 56', but how are you going to do that?


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.


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


There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.


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


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


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


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


People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.


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