Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty

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.

Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty

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.

Alyson Stoner
Alyson Stoner

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton

I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.

Cesar Cielo
Cesar Cielo

The most important thing is winning, not breaking the world record.

Cesar Cielo
Cesar Cielo

In the Olympics, everything goes back to square one. The world champion or the world record holder or the ninth last year are fighting for the same medal, and you have got to go there like it was the first time.

Chad le Clos
Chad le Clos

An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.

Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg

It's easy to forget, given her scandal-tinged life and tragic death, how incredibly talented Whitney Houston was. She holds the world record as the most-awarded female act of all time, with over 415 major recognitions during her career. She is the only artist to chart seven consecutive number one songs.