The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

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

I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old - break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon.

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

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.

I tried retiring a couple of times and it just didn't really stick so, but at some point enough things conspire together and it does stick.

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.