The legendary American football coach Vince Lombardi famously said: “Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser”. What is often omitted is the second half of that quote, which changes the meaning entirely: “But show me a gracious loser and I’ll show you someone who will always be a winner”.
It is the latter implication that Adam Peaty, Britain’s greatest-ever swimmer, is applying to his own sporting ambitions.
