Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.
I wish it didn't take soooooo much to get physically to where I need to be.
Mascara is my go-to product before stepping out of the house.
I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.
Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.
I try to eat on the healthier side, but baked goods are hard to resist. I just love sweet things.
I don't want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I've done everything I can do.
There is a dessert dish in Austria called Kaiserschmarrn - it's kind of like a sweet raisin pancake with eggs and sugar. It's definitely not something I can eat often, but if I've done well at a race, sometimes that's my celebration treat!
Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
I have a little Nintendo DS, and I play these brain games that are supposed to stimulate your mind.
I love skiing fast. You're going 80 to 85 m.p.h. down an icy slope, and I love it.
You have to be a little crazy to be a downhill skier.
Anytime you’re on the podium, it’s good.
My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.
I never felt sidelined, I was supported by my friends, my family and my team. I always knew I could do it. I had confidence in myself.
Everyone knows marriage is tough.
I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.
Being on one crutch to no crutches is a huge difference.
An overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport.
I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.
I don't really believe that you need to be married to someone to be their life partner.
When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.
I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.
Today it was win or lose. But my victory yesterday and the downhill globe boosted my confidence. My record in Cortina was also a liberation.
When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.
