Katie Ledecky Quotes

I just try to take everything in my stride.

I'm going to play again. I will think and I will hope so. If I don't, I am fine with it.

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success: Don't panic. Do your best and forget the consequences.

I have never anticipated success. I choose work, give it my best shot, and leave it.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

If I win, it's nice. But even if I don't win, I will keep smiling.

I don't go crazy when I don't have my best game and say: 'Oof, I've lost my chance, I'm not going to play again.'

We try to keep our heads cool and our chins up to win every weekend. Sometimes it works better than others but you have to focus on the positive side so for that next game you still have the right state of mind.

I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.

I live my life in a very peculiar way where nothing gets my goat as such. I don't look at things in a manner where they offend me. I look at things in a manner where they amuse me.

I can always improve.

I've never been troubled by disappointment, and I get over it quickly. But I'm not good at making plans, and I don't have any ambitions. I never did.

All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.

Tell me why is it easier if you know the number one? You prepare as though you are number one anyway.

I'm just going to keep preparing for the best.

If Real want me, they will call me one day, and, if not, no problem. I live my life and am optimistic about the future.

I never get too over-confident, or too down. I just go with the flow.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I'm fine with whatever comes my way, and whatever doesn't come my way I'm fine with too. I have a very laissez-faire attitude with the whole thing.

I am ready for anything that happens.

Life is always full of challenges. I believe you're never happy unless you're consistently making challenges for yourself.

People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure; they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.