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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
Adam Peaty
Time
Kid
Touch
Nobody
Since
Years
Wanted
Many
Ever
Set
When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.
Adam Peaty
Honour
Per
Give
Absolute
Never
Than
Represent
Cent
Less
Team
Mum tries to make every race that she can.
Adam Peaty
Every
Tries
She
Make
Race
Mum
There is enough going on in Olympic year without having to do my own cooking and washing.
Adam Peaty
Cooking
Year
Own
Enough
My Own
Having
Without
Going
Washing
Olympic
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
Future
Me
People
Pressure
First
More
Perform
Got
Am
Still
Going
Whereas
Against
Them
Racing
Whole
Even
Champ
Fourth
Last
Olympic
Third
Olympics
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
Better
Thought
Perfect
Could
Executed
Than
Did
Race
Coach
Swim
Even
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
World
Assumes
Everyone
Records
Like
Because
Just
Gold
Just Because
Happen
Anything
Automatically
Race
Means
Medals
World Records
Two
Guaranteed
I've made sure I am working hard enough to get that lead and keep it there.
Adam Peaty
Made
Enough
Lead
Sure
Am
Get
Working
Working Hard
Hard
Keep
It's good for kids to look up to sporting role models.
Adam Peaty
Good
Kids
Look
Up
Role
Role Models
Models
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
World
Thought
Rest
Faster
See
How
How Much
Go
Up
Much
Keep
Fast
SEC
I can see my competitors sweating, and I am cool as a cucumber.
Adam Rippon
See
Cucumber
Am
Sweating
Cool
Competitors
I'm confident in who I and what I'm doing.
Adam Rippon
Doing
Confident
Who
If you ever have the option, come to the Olympics. It's, like, a fun time.
Adam Rippon
Time
You
Come
Like
Option
Fun
Fun Time
Ever
Olympics
I think I've shown the world I'm a fierce competitor, yes. But I've also shown them that I'm a fierce human being.
Adam Rippon
Human Being
World
Think
Competitor
Also
Yes
Human
Being
Fierce
Them
Shown
I'm like a witch! You can't kill me!
Adam Rippon
Me
You
Like
Witch
Sometimes I'll be listening to NPR at the gym, and I'll hear them say, 'Oh, Donald Trump did this today.' And I'm like, 'What?' All of a sudden, I have more energy than if I drank an espresso.
Adam Rippon
Today
Sometimes
Listening
Energy
Drank
Say
Gym
More
Like
Hear
Trump
Than
Did
Donald
Donald Trump
Oh
Them
Sudden
Chris Martin has this voice that resonates through a whole arena.
Adam Rippon
Resonates
Martin
Voice
Arena
Through
Whole
Chris
I don't want my Olympic experience to be about Mike Pence. You know, I want it to be about my amazing skating and being America's sweetheart.
Adam Rippon
You
Experience
Amazing
About
Know
America
Being
Want
Skating
Mike
Sweetheart
Olympic
I'm really go-with-the-flow, but I take things really seriously. At the same time, when things don't go my way, I don't ever freak out. Why? Why freak out?
Adam Rippon
Time
Seriously
Way
Out
Freak
Take
Go
Same
Same Time
Really
Why
Ever
Things
I usually finish things in the last second. But I think, as I've gotten older, I don't worry about it, and I just rock it.
Adam Rippon
Older
Think
Worry
About
Finish
Rock
Gotten
Just
Things
Second
Last
I would say that I'm a hot mess all the time.
Adam Rippon
Time
Say
Would
Hot
Mess
I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.
Adam Rippon
Heart
Mind
Spoken
Always
It might come off as cocky, but I've been through a lot in my life.
Adam Rippon
Life
My Life
Through
Come
Been
Lot
Off
Might
Cocky
I personally don't have anything to say to Mike Pence. I'm very lucky because legislation that he's pushed hasn't affected my life at all. I spoke out because there are people out there whose lives have been affected by change that he's tried to make.
Adam Rippon
Life
Change
People
My Life
Say
Out
Tried
Pushed
He
Spoke
Make
Because
Affected
Been
Very
Legislation
Anything
Personally
Mike
Lucky
Whose
Lives
I really brought that with me: that people think gay people are disgusting... I remember thinking, 'Okay, I might be gay. But I won't tell anybody. Nobody will ever know.'
Adam Rippon
Me
Gay
People
Remember
Will
Think
Thinking
Okay
Tell
Brought
Nobody
Know
Anybody
Disgusting
Might
Really
Ever
I realize now that it's important that I share my story... Also, it'll be easy for me to do an interview, to interact with people.
Adam Rippon
Me
People
Important
Interview
Easy
Share
Also
Interact
Story
Realize
Now
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