Adam Peaty Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Adam Peaty Athletes are always entitled to freedom of speech and when we detect that something is wrong and there's cheating, then why shouldn't we have a voice? any doping in the sport is a straight no from me. Adam Peaty sports I think a lot of athletes fear failure, but I've failed before, I've got beat in the 50 before. I'm not immune to losing, no athlete is immune to losing. Adam Peaty sports When you go into a world championships it can get very tense, very hostile, but at the same time I've got to remember why I started it, and that was just because I loved racing. I love winning and I don't want to take that fun out of it. Adam Peaty sports Coming back on that last 50m, I was just smoothing it out, the world championships will be a very different race. Adam Peaty sports Biceps for show, triceps for go. Adam Peaty show go biceps There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance. Adam Peaty thin line confidence arrogance I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression. Adam Peaty need me you dark I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me. Adam Peaty me enjoy racing want Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he? Adam Peaty barber your everything always 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 me family home people Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it's paid off. Adam Peaty every-day push day try Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country. Adam Peaty flag queen i-am country 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 best you always achieve 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 great myself family people I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter. Adam Peaty hunter than become better 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. Adam Peaty you enjoy people world 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 nothing like you people 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-am me you swimming 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. Adam Peaty i-am you happy people 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 i-am me hard-work work
