Caroline Buchanan Quotes

I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet.

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season.

You have to be ready for anything in the playoffs.

We knew the 2017-18 offseason would be one of our most challenging. We've known that for a long time.

At every Olympic Games, anything can happen that nobody can predict, so I did my best to win.

Everybody in this league waits on an opportunity when you don't play the starter minutes, when you don't play the type of minutes you want. And with each given opportunity, you got to be ready to come out and perform.

People always say 'I will fight for a world title in a year' but that sort of thing is not down to me. I feel my job is to be ready when it comes, I just need to know it is coming.

Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens.

You can sit and imagine what it is like to go into a hostile stadium, or what it's like to play for the AFC championship, but you never know until you do it.

Obviously, my wrestling boots end up going with me everywhere, because you just never know.

When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown.

Changing an opponent shouldn't be a problem. It sucks to spend a lot of time preparing for someone and then it changes up, but it's boxing. That happens in boxing and you have to accept that.

You can't just walk into Old Trafford, and you're there. There's so much to get used to.

On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

I know what a full season is like in the big leagues. It's not going to be a surprise anymore.

When you go up against the best of the best, you're ready for any type of competition.

The thrill of not knowing what's going to happen, trained me to be prepared for anything.

No one expected me. Everything awaited me.

The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity and preparation - it’s a result of that collision. You’ve got to be prepared. So, make your mistakes now and make them quickly. If you’ve made the mistakes, you know what to expect the next time. That’s how you become valuable.

The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded.

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.

The more educated you get, the better shot you have to get it right, but if you're really trying something different, it's a challenge every time.

It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.