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My coach and I thought I could swim a 57.3 if I executed the perfect race, but I did even better than that.

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Thought, Perfect, Race, Executed

Nothing means more to me than racing for my country, the Queen, the Royal Family, and the people back home that support me.

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Racing, Country, Means, Royal Family

I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.

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Love, I Love, Britain, Royal Family

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.

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Like, Going, Chased, World Record

You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.

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Broken, People, Want, World Record

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.

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Achieve, Goes, Always, Organisation

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.'

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Rest, Thought, Go, SEC

It hasn't always been a sweet ride. When I was 15, I almost hated racing in finals because I was so nervous. But as I got more experienced, I had to choose between fight and flight - and I've fought every time.

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Racing, Flight, Been, Finals

I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff.

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Love, New, Friday Night, Friday

Grime reminds me that swimming is very gladiatorial.

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Swimming, Me, Very, Reminds

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.

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Racing, Against, Olympic, Whereas

Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat right - and that is the way it should be.

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Best, Training, Going, Train

I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.

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Shower, Want, Mum, Scared

I think the rest of the world has a very wide, very slow kick. It's very simple, breaststroke. People think it's highly technical. But the more narrow, more effective and quicker you can execute it, the faster you are going to go. There's less drag, basically.

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I Think, Very, Technical, Highly

I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.

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Music, Dance, House, Hip-Hop

When I represent Team GB, I never give less than 100 per cent. It is an absolute honour.

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Give, Honour, Cent, Represent

Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.

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Doubt, Afterwards, Depended, Bronze

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.

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Through, Crowd, Like, Cheering

Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it's paid off.

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Every Day, Boundaries, Paid, Push

I've made sure I am working hard enough to get that lead and keep it there.

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Enough, Made, Sure, Working Hard

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.

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Olympic, Put, Olympic Gold, Disrespectful

To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.

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Achieve, Been, Olympic, Olympic Gold

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

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Arrogance, Line, Very, Between

I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.

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Dark, Need, Like, Aggressive

Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.

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Sacrifices, Olympic, Cent, Per

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.

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Deal, Records, World Records, Autographs

I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.

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Love, Artist, Like, Now And Then

Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?

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Goes, Always, Town, Barber

I've been going to the same barber the last few years, and we have great chats whenever I'm in the chair. He'll ask: 'How you doing? How's the training going?' Just ordinary, obvious things, but then, like you do with your barber, you start talking about personal stuff.

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Doing, Been, About, Barber

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.

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Happen, Means, Assumes, World Records

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