An athlete’s life at the top can be short and one where the window of opportunity may only be open for a fleeting moment.
Make your chances and take your chances. Seize the day. Live in the moment. You never know when it will all end.
So say Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty and Ranomi Kromowidjojo, former triple world and Olympic gold medallist.
For Chad Le Clos, it is also about adjusting after disappointment, the South African hurting badly after losing his 200m butterfly crown at last year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and then making changes that can help take him back to the top of the podium.
The trio gave their tips from the top.
ADAM PEATY – OLYMPIC, WORLD, EUROPEAN, COMMONWEALTH 100M BREASTSTROKE CHAMPION & WORLD RECORD HOLDER
“Grab opportunity by both hands – literally just grab it and hold on to it because you never know when it’s going to be your last.
“So at Olympics, yeah, (I thought) it’s my first Olympics but it could be my last so I am going to go out there and swim as fast as I can, I don’t care what anybody, does, says, or swims next to me or what time they are going I am just going to go out there and get it.
“You hear people say I’ll be good in four years time – why not be good now? If you…
