Lindsey Vonn Quotes

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

Be proud of yourself when you do keep going!

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 use men's skis because, honestly, they work better for me. They're longer, they're stiffer, they're harder to turn - but at the same time, they're much more stable.

Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

I get up early, but it doesn't mean I like getting up early.

I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!

Setbacks motivate me.

In the winter, I'm always in Europe. July and September are New Zealand and Chile camps. I'm always on the road.

I want to be known for my athletic achievements, not my celebrity.

Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure that people don't forget me, I can only stop once I've set the bar as high as possible for anyone coming after me.

Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.

I love skiing fast. You're going 80 to 85 m.p.h. down an icy slope, and I love it.

I feel like, with ski racing, you need to have a short memory. You crash all the time, and sometimes it's a really bad one, but sometimes it's not so bad.

An overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport.

I never felt sidelined, I was supported by my friends, my family and my team. I always knew I could do it. I had confidence in myself.

I wouldn't change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while.

I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and it's such a funny show. I don't know if I'm funny enough to be on it but definitely would be interested in doing it.

It seems kind of silly, but it's really nice to chill in the kitchen with a friend and bake. It relaxes me, and mixing is probably my favorite part.

It's difficult to be at events with a room full of women who weigh half as much as you do.

I wish it didn't take soooooo much to get physically to where I need to be.

Being on one crutch to no crutches is a huge difference.

Mascara is my go-to product before stepping out of the house.

Ninety percent of the day is working out. Sometimes I get my nails done and go to the grocery store.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.

When you fall down, just get up again.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they're going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.

I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.

When I train against men, I always find that I push myself harder to my absolute maximum.

Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.

I don't want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I've done everything I can do.

I want to show America who I am and inspire young kids.

Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

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.

There are times when one certain snow condition is great for one particular brand of skis.

You have to be a little crazy to be a downhill skier.

I really like figure skating.

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

My mom is positive and optimistic.

I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent.

I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn't very good at it.

My favorite ski run in the U.S. is International on the front face of Vail Mountain.

My crazy training-and-competition schedule leaves very little time to focus on my hair.