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

Some people say I make mistakes. I just say that this is the secret of enjoying life. I hate monotony. Why don't they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren't necessarily mine. That's the mistake people make.

My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.

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.

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

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.

It is not that I don't recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don't fear the consequences.