One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

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.

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

Sometimes I'm disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.

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

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