I always just focus on what my own goals are, and not what anybody else's goals for me are or their expectations. I just know that my family will alw….

And if I'm ahead, I can sometimes tell. It might mean I'm having a good swim, but pretty much, I'm just focused on how fast I'm going, how fast I'm f….

I hope that young girls will have the dream and will have experiences. And it might not be in swimming. It might be in something else. But I found a ….

My faith has always been important to me. It defines who I am..

You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I'm doing and how I want to swim my races..

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that..

I think Rowdy Gaines actually said something like: Katie Ledecky doesn't swim like a man. She swims like Katie Ledecky.And that was a good comment. I….