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I just felt like I can try to do something special.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Motivational
Special
Trying
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I don't lift weights. I do fitness exercises to stay strong.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Fitness
Stay Strong
Exercises
Lift
Weights
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When I am on the blocks, I don't care who you are - I will always try and beat you.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Don't Care
Always I Am Will
Beat
Blocks
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My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Race
Swimming
Training
Beat
Michael
Possibly
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I wasn't used to all these cameras getting stuck in my face. I feel like Justin Bieber sometimes.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Cameras
Justin
Stuck
Justin Bieber
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An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Championship
Commonwealth
Games
Medal
Record
Olympic
Olympic Medal
World Championship
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I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Manchester
Manchester United
All My Life
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Soccer was my first love, and I enjoyed playing on the left wing until a groin injury forced me out of the game in 2008.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
First Love
Soccer
Love Me Game
Love Game Me
Forced
Wing
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I realise every swimmer has a shelf life. No, I haven't given any thought to when I will retire, but I also know I won't be able to swim forever.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Shelf Life
Swim
Swimmer
Life Will Know
Realise
Shelf
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When I'm alone in my hotel room in some foreign place, I feel very lonely. Then I tuck into my favourite chocolate - Chuckles or Whispers - for some comfort.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Alone
Chocolate
Comfort
Favourite
Hotel
Lonely
Hotel Room
Room
Tuck
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I want to get faster every year, keep my confidence high, so I can continue dominating my main events and extend my range to other freestyle and medley races.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Dominating
Faster
Freestyle
Range
Extend
Races
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The reason swimming is one of the hardest sports is because you have to be in the pool by yourself every day, making that sacrifice. There's no time to do anything else.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Pool
Sacrifice
Swimming
Anything Else
No Time
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Everyone can train hard when they are feeling good. But it's the days when you're feeling bad that you have to step up. That's when champions step up. They pull through.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Train
Champions
Good Step Bad
Feeling Good
Pull
Step
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During my days as a soccer player, my teammates used to call me 'Touch' because I have a touch of blonde hair on my forehead which is a birth mark. But now swimming is my favourite sport.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Birth
Blonde
Blonde Hair
Favourite
Mark
Soccer
Swimming
Teammates
Forehead
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Whenever I go out with a girl for a meal, I'm recognised, and I hear, 'That's Chad's girl,' before anyone even approaches for a picture. I can't take arrogance and rude behaviour, and I really get a lot of it.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Arrogance
Behaviour
Chad
Rude
Approaches
Meal
Recognised
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What I want to say is that nobody is unbeatable. There's a kid out there who probably wants to beat me. I train hard and try to be the best that I can be, but I don't disrespect my opponents. I am not disillusioned, either.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Disillusioned
Opponents
Unbeatable
Best I Am Me
Best Me I Am
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I'm all about leaving a legacy behind and trying to cement myself as one of the greats. I don't just want to be remembered as the guy who beat Michael Phelps at the 2012 London Olympics - a one-hit wonder - I want to be an inspiration to the kids.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Cement
Inspiration
Leaving
Legacy
London
Olympics
Remembered
Wonder
Beat
Michael
Greats
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I want to set myself as a real legend in the sport, like Phelps and Mark Spitz are remembered worldwide. I want people to say, like they say of Ronaldo that he is the best soccer player in the world, I want them to say Chad Le Clos is the best swimmer in the world.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Chad
Mark
Remembered
Soccer
Swimmer
Best Myself World
Legend
Sport
They Say
Worldwide
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I believe now that I've cemented my spot as the best swimmer in the world, and I can't describe how proud that makes me. I just want to keep working hard and hopefully just inspire more youngsters to keep swimming and encourage South Africans to become a winning nation.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Inspire
Swimmer
Winning
Youngsters
Best Believe World
Best Believe I Believe
African
Cemented
Describe
Spot
Working Hard
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My dad always taught me never to give up in my mind. You can never really beat me. It sounds ridiculous, but I will always come back for you. You can't beat someone who never gives up. I could lose 100 times to you, but I will always get you. I will die trying. This applies not only to swimming but to my life as well.
Chad Le Clos / Swimmer
Dad
Mind
Ridiculous
Swimming
Taught
Life Dad Always
Die
Come
Back
Beat
Could
Times
Give
Lose
My Life
Well
Sounds
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