Katie Ledecky Quotes

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

Hopefully, I can keep scoring more goals, make more assists, break more records and help my team, which is the most important thing.

Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me.

Sometimes you don't play up to the mark, and you win even then.

I never really thought I'd be successful. I never though I'd get books published, but this was something completely beyond me. The fact that it happened is wonderful, but it is not something that I was aiming for.

Any time you go out there and compete, you want to do your best.

I went to Golden State and helped them get to the playoffs my first year there, and they haven't been to the playoffs in 13 years. I played in Charlotte... and I got them to the playoffs. So, every team I go to, I make them better.

Talent level, I feel like if I'm not the best, I'm one or two. I think it's just opportunity, the situation that you're in, and who's on your team. I think I've done all right.

I always felt that whatever I was asked to do that my ability in the ring would speak for itself.

I didn't expect all of this success to come so quickly.

First Day Out' just took off under our noses. I was shocked. I was happy. I can't even explain the feeling. It's something I always wanted my whole life.

I don't feel pressure.

What I have to show, I show on the track.

I was, in my first season, second top scorer, which is something people forget.

You take records with a pinch of salt. Take Usain Bolt: someone will be quicker than him one day. These things aren't important.

Scoring is easy for me.

I go out to score goals, but I don't go out thinking about records.

Records are always something that will be achieved, but they're not our aim. Our aim is to win games and nothing more.

I feel I have nothing to prove at all, my scoring rate in La Liga speaks for itself.

I compete at the highest level every single night, regardless what the outcome is.

I do my talking on the field.

I want to win the MVP. I feel like, at the end of the day, it might be an individual award, but when I play better, the team also does.