My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

I'm not trying to race the whole men's tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.

If you work hard, it will pay off in the end.

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

There is a dessert dish in Austria called Kaiserschmarrn - it's kind of like a sweet raisin pancake with eggs and sugar. It's definitely not something I can eat often, but if I've done well at a race, sometimes that's my celebration treat!

I don't really believe that you need to be married to someone to be their life partner.

When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.