Lindsey Vonn Quotes
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Setbacks help you to concentrate.
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Ski racing is not about how much you weigh. If weight was the key, everybody would be sucking down food.
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Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.
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Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure that people don't forget me, I can only stop once I've set the bar as high as possible for anyone coming after me.
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I don't really believe that you need to be married to someone to be their life partner.
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For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.
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If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.
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Being on one crutch to no crutches is a huge difference.
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I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to.
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I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!
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I get up early, but it doesn't mean I like getting up early.
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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.
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Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.
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I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.
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Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
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When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.
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I love skiing fast. You're going 80 to 85 m.p.h. down an icy slope, and I love it.
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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.
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I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and it's such a funny show. I don't know if I'm funny enough to be on it but definitely would be interested in doing it.
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Ninety percent of the day is working out. Sometimes I get my nails done and go to the grocery store.
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When I train against men, I always find that I push myself harder to my absolute maximum.
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Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.
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In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.
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I don't know where I'm supposed to meet a boyfriend. It's weird.
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Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else.
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Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart.
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Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.
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I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.
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I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I'll have a protein shake.
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Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.
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