Gretchen Bleiler Quotations

We're going to have to bushwhack our way through this whole thing.

She has changed so much about the women's side of the sport. Hannah is always going all out, and she's made everyone raise their games.

I don't have too strict a diet. I ate a hot dog for dinner last night.

I get so nervous, and especially for this event. I told my coach, 'I don't want to care this much. I don't want to care this much.' But that's what happens when you work for a goal your entire life.

I think the Olympics is definitely trying to catch on to what the X Games have.

We're all good friends. It's a very supportive atmosphere.

USA. Representing. We're doing a good job. That's about all I can say.

We went out to get some fresh powder. We sneaked onto a part of the mountain that was blocked off by the military. So we went on to the ropes - sorry - and man, we found some great powder. And I fell and almost busted my nose too.

The X Games is the biggest event in snowboarding for sure.

The X Games is an amazing competition. It helped snowboarding get where it is. The Olympics is the biggest event, period. The X Games is the biggest in snowboarding.

The X-Games is an amazing competition and has helped snowboarding enormously. The Olympics is the biggest event, period.

The Olympics is the biggest event, period. The X Games are the biggest event in snowboarding.

The Olympics and medaling have been a dream of mine since I was a little girl.

They're heavy. This is not something you want to just wear around your neck all day long.

It was an absolutely unbelievable day today. The Olympics and medaling at the Olympics has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl, and I worked so hard to get where I am and it's an unbelievable feeling.

It makes snowboarding look easy. I've got a whole new perspective about racing.

It means everything to me. I've worked so hard to get here. Today was really hard for me because I've worked for this for so long.

That's snowboarding. We found some powder, we came down the mountain, she won gold, I won silver.

It was a good business opportunity for us.

There was an enormous amount of stress during the five Olympic qualifiers. I really hadn't been able to relax since the first Grand Prix in Breckenridge. But there's a good vibe here. There's not as much stress to be honest.

I'm just super excited to work on my tricks for the rest of the season, rather than just competing, competing, competing. The Olympics were absolutely the highlight of my season, but I'm happy to slow down a bit.

In 2002 the men swept the podium for the U.S., and that's the day snowboarding became a sport. I went to get my hair done a week after, and there were ladies who were 60 in the salon who knew what it was. It was amazing.

Eat lots of fresh vegetables, drink water, exercise often, and meditate daily.

I've been a vegetarian, I've been a Paleo, and now I believe in the everything-in-moderation diet.

Imagine if the mistakes we made actually helped us to just become better versions of ourselves. I believe this is what life is about, and when we look at it this way, then there is nothing to be afraid of!

Imagine if the whole point of this experience on planet Earth was to just open ourselves up more fully to who we really are, without filters, without masks, without any restrictions.

Imagine if you could never fail.

It took me a full year of black eyes and a bruised and battered tailbone to learn how to do a crippler in the half-pipe. It was a trick that no one else was really doing, and it was scary! But I stuck with it, and one day, it finally clicked. The crippler has been my signature trick ever since, and it's what helped me be so successful in competition.

For the past fourteen years, it's been my job to push past my boundaries and do things I never thought I could do, which is why it's been such a fulfilling career.

I didn't know how I was going to get to the Olympics, and in the beginning, I didn't really care. And that was the best part, because my desire exposed me to so many different sports, and in all of them, I always dedicated my best effort because I knew that's what it was going to take to become an Olympian.

Plant the seed, set the target, live your life.

I'm fearful when I push myself. It's a tough thing to do, but you need to acknowledge that you have what it takes to succeed.

Every single one of us has the unique opportunity to create awareness and influence change

I definitely won't be holding anything back. It's the X Games, so of course I want to do my best and go big.