By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
Adam Peaty, the fastest sprint breaststroker in history and multiple-time Olympic Champion, has seemingly done and felt it all. When it comes to both his competitive and family life, Peaty has faced many challenges. Regardless of his placing at any given meet or competition, Peaty will always have the willpower to push forward.
In an interview Peaty did with The Guardian following the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which saw him come away with a pair of individual bronze medals in the 50 breast and 100 breast, and a silver as a member of the 4×100 medley relay, Peaty acknowledged that he has “experienced a lot in this sport” but still feels that he can reach that level he was once at, as the unstoppable force in the sprint breaststrokes.
“I’ve experienced a lot in this sport… I’m never going to stop believing what I can do. I just need to get to that peak once more.” Peaty said in a report from The Guardian.
Peaty was truly unbeatable from 2014 to 2022, not losing a 100 breaststroke race in that span, until he lost at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Peaty quit the sport and suffered from substance abuse and depression.
“After those Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, I went on the attack and turned myself into scorched earth. I gave too much, and that led to the burnout zone in 2023. I know not to do that now. I’ve got to find that peace and consolidation and realize we couldn’t have done anything more.” Peaty said. “We’ve trained extremely hard. I’ve only been 12 weeks in London with a new coach and a new program. That takes time to reach fruition. Once you prune the tree, you grow more fruit in the end.”
Peaty acknowledged that at the time of his loss in 2022, his mindset had him putting his athletic self first and his personal well-being second, a relationship he now knows is in the proper order. He also touched on the emotions he felt after winning bronze in the 100 breaststroke in Glasgow, saying he knows he worked harder than the medal suggested.
“I’m not crying because it’s a bronze instead of a gold. I’m crying because I know that the swim could have been better, and I worked way better than that.” Peaty said. “When I was undefeated for eight years, it was athlete first, then human. Now it’s human first.”
He touches on the nitty-gritty of the sport and how small variables in training or in the race can eat a swimmer alive, though it still shows the good effort being put in.
“We overthink a lot in this sport and we can look at all the data variables and rip up what is actually a lot of good work. Sometimes we just have a bad day, and that’s OK. But it’s not OK if it keeps happening.”
Peaty also talks a bit about his family in the interview with The Guardian, including his new celebrity father-in-law, Chef Gordon Ramsay, and his relationship with his own family, which made headlines after Peaty uninvited his mother from his wedding to his new wife, Holly Ramsay, back in December.
He says the drama surrounding his family, which included Peaty being escorted off a plane after his brother sent him threatening messages, doesn’t really bother him, saying he has “thick skin”. He also added that he feels there may come a day when he forgives his family for all that has transpired between them, saying, “forgiveness takes time.”
“I wouldn’t say on me because I’ve got a thick skin. But I care about my wife, I care about my son [from his previous relationship]. I care about the relationships that people think I have with my son, and my own family, but that’s my private life. Peaty said. “For me, as a Christian, there has to be forgiveness. It doesn’t mean you have to forget, but forgiveness takes time. I’m not saying that it won’t get better but it has to come from a place where I feel like they’ve improved as people, in a sense, and opened that communication up.”
Peaty does not want to let the results define him, but rather the person he is outside as well, though he admits he is still searching for the healthy in between.
“There’s a part of me which screams that you want that risk [of hating defeat]. That’s the athlete. The human knows that isn’t the right path. That isn’t going to make me the best husband, the best father, the best friend. That athlete is incredibly selfish, and will ruin any form of relationship. I guarantee that because I’ve been there. But I still haven’t found that healthy medium.” Peaty said in an interview with The Guardian. “In training I don’t struggle one bit with that [athlete’s] mentality. I can switch it off when I leave training. It’s more about the exhaustion of training twice a day, going for it every single day. It’s now about finding what is optimal and sustainable in LA.”
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