Adam Peaty: Overcoming My Darkest Moment, Nearly Quitting Swimming & Learning from Gordon Ramsay (E318)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We’re thrilled to welcome back Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty to High Performance. In this episode, Adam returns for an honest and raw conversation about his extraordinary journey, sharing moments of triumph, vulnerability, and resilience.
Adam speaks openly with Jake and Damian about the challenges he faced in the run up to the Paris Olympics, delving into the effects of his mental and emotional struggles. He recounts the pivotal moment he acknowledged his struggles, the steps he took to rebuild himself, and how he coped with feeling broken.
He also reflects on the role of faith in helping him navigate some of his darkest times. From valuable advice from figures like Holly and Gordon Ramsay to practical tips for parents and coaches on fostering joy in young athletes, Adam shares the hard-earned wisdom he’s gained along the way.
This episode explores the mindset of a champion, the reality of defeat, and what it truly means to rise again.
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| 0:20.9 | I touched the wall. My goggles are filled with tears. I could just feel my soul screaming for help. |
| 0:26.5 | And I said to myself, I don't want to do this anymore. Yes, we have our happiness and we have |
| 0:30.7 | our long term and short term gratification and whatever that looks like. It's all about peace. |
| 0:36.1 | That's the thing that matters. |
| 0:40.7 | The constant effort of human excellence is a high price. |
| 0:44.2 | And what happens if I get up on a Monday morning and I'm done like I'm tired because we still need to find a way through that to be able to win. |
| 0:48.6 | That was the voice of six-time Olympic medalist Adam Petey, |
| 0:52.1 | who joins us today on high performance. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Jay Humphrey and along with Damien Hughes. We explore the experiences and the mindsets |
| 0:59.0 | behind some of the world's most fascinating people. |
| 1:02.0 | Now on paper, Adam is an incredible athlete, |
| 1:04.0 | with three Olympic golds and three Olympic silvers to his name. |
| 1:08.0 | He's a true G.B legend in the pool. |
| 1:10.0 | But this isn't about what he's done. It's how he's done it. It's to his name. He's a true GB legend in the pool. But this isn't about what he's |
| 1:12.5 | done, it's how he's done. It's about his journey, which hasn't been a smooth one. Struggles with |
| 1:17.6 | mental health and alcohol, leading to a moment of breakdown a year before the Paris Olympic Games. |
| 1:23.2 | In this episode, you'll hear him tell us he was ready to walk away, yet he went to Paris. |
| 1:28.2 | He competed and incredibly won silver. |
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