At the end of the day, you have to make sure you're at least listening to what your head is telling you, what your heart is telling you. That's hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.

When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.

The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.

Some of them I probably would like. Some of my fans probably beat their wives or run over little kids and they just happen to watch me on TV and like the way I ski. Obviously I clearly wouldn't like that person if I knew 'em better.

I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.

From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.

In some ways, that's the story of my season - when I wasn't making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium.