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My job. I want to get it right.
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The realisation that I am not the best version of myself.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 January 2022 source ↗
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All kinds of ridiculous things, like worrying about the lobsters I see in restaurant tanks in Chinatown.
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Public statement announcing his break from swimming, April 2023, The Independent, 1 July 2023
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When I lost that 100m final I spiralled. I went quite aggressive. It is an Adam I don't really recognise.
As a great man.
To the people who, because of my career, I cannot spend time with. I have to be selfish, unfortunately.
I was on a cliff in Dartmoor, doing a Royal Marine abseil. I fell upside down and thought, “I’m going to die here.”
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