It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.

I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.

I simply think things through, and I look at problems. One thing I pride myself on is the ability to connect unconnected thoughts and come up with new, unique thoughts.

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

Eventually I'd like to have a family. I'd like to not be limping around when I'm 50 years old.

I don't care what other people's judgments come down to-I care what my judgments come down to.