Ski Quotations

It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time.

I've been through the entire list of Polar problems. I knew it would be hard, but it's harder than I ever thought it would be. I've suffered from blisters, a high-altitude cough, frost nip, and I even managed to break a ski they told me was unbreakable.

When I planned to ski Everest, the first thing I faced was, 'How can I return alive?' All the preparation and training was based on this question. But the more I prepared, I knew the chance of survival was very slim. Nobody in the world had done this before, so I told myself that I must face death. Otherwise, I am not eligible.

You know what the best thing about morning ski trips are? McDonald's!

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

I discovered Boulder not through cycling but skiing. I was recruited by the university for the ski team, and in my opinion, it's the best place for skiing - you have this super-light, fluffy champagne snow.

I used to ski across the vast white expanses of a quiet and lonely mountaintop. In the stillness and solitude... I pondered the mysteries of the universe, the planet, nature and of man. I'm still pondering.

The best indication is that I still love to ski on most anything, from skating gear to heavy metal.

Schweitzer is where I found snowboarding; it will always have a special place in my heart and is a top-notch ski resort. It has some of the best bowl tree skiing in the world and breathtaking views of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille.

We have been around in the States in the ski wear market since the 1950s, but now we feel we can compete in the sportswear field.

I was so full of joy, the happiest kid. Things changed. I don't want to talk about it. I needed attention. I was pathologically shy. I'd climb the highest tree or try to ski off the highest mountain. I'd get into fights. I wanted contact. I'd hit somebody, just for that.

There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter.

I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have been extremely important for our success. GoPro is all about celebrating an active lifestyle and sharing that with other people. It's authentic. It's not a brand that we went out and bought a bunch of ads for to create.

When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

Ski racing, especially downhill, is a dangerous activity and there are many accidents. It would be really too bad to lose everything because of a crash.

I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.

My back has been compressed and operated on, my feet have been surgically cut up, and I have a knee that's just going wacky. So I do my own driving, and I ski and skate. I'm playing hockey again. Anything that immobilizes my feet I'm OK with.

I am not a big skier, but I love apres-ski wear and imagine I would look great in an all-white, fur-trimmed ski suit.

People are starting to know more about it, but I was blown away by Almaty, Kazakhstan. It's like a future Swiss Alps. It has the potential to be an extraordinary ski resort. It is a city with beautiful mountain scapes.

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing.

I was always the poor kid, even though I very much tried to pretend to be the other way. Always well presented. Always really active in the school, doing fashion shows, plays, involved in every single aspect of the school. Overcompensating, I think, for the fact that I knew I wouldn't be going on the ski trip every January.

When I first moved to Vail, it was like I was a little celebrity. You know, everyone knew my accomplishments. I was a young, fast teenager and making waves in the ski world. And it was really cool.

Whether we ski or burn things, we'll be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with hot cocoa and cider. You'll need to bring your own adult beverages.

Whenever racers ski a course for the first time, the strategy is to focus on the line and to take the first run as an opportunity to evaluate how the mountain reacts.

World Cups are important because you have to ski well and gain confidence for the Olympics. You have to have other goals besides the Olympics because the Olympics is only one race.

We expect, with our snow, you'd be able to ski top to bottom until the end of June, but people just get tired of it. We'll stay open on weekends as long as our customers show they want it, but don't count on anything past (Sunday). Any day past that will be a gift.

We're a very popular company locally. We have our critics, but everyone in the community has benefited from how well we run these ski resorts.

We were amazed that saving 20 steps was so important to a guy who's going to ski all day.

There is a shirt company that is making sensors that go into your clothing. They will watch how you sit, run or ski and give data on that information.

We decided, in dedication of the Olympics, to ski down the hill with a torch and the American flag. Then we added three states around us, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We added some of the instructors.

We're about an hour out of Manhattan up in northern NJ. We've got a ski slope in our town and horse riding and all that kind of stuff.

We've skied at La Crosse already, and that was a nice, no-pressure meet. We got the kids on the hill, and we came out real well in the invite. It helped us to ski our meet.

When I did get hurt, it was crazy to hear a doctor say that I might never ski again. It really made me take my rehab seriously and take everything more seriously. I couldn't be more stoked.

When there's no snow in town, it's harder to get people here. But the people coming out to the ski area are really surprised at how much snow we have out here. It looks like winter when you get to Mount La Crosse.

My main focus is the giant slalom, that's the event I know I can be on the podium in if I ski best.

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

My first leg was really good. I have never seen myself ski so tight. I was very lucky with the number (start position two in the first leg) because the snow really got bad in the first leg.

My father wanted people to stay on the slopes and ski with their hotel people.

Obviously, if I'm leading by 1.2 seconds, I like this hill. This race comes down to me. I'm my biggest challenger. If I allow myself to ski well and relax, I have a great chance to win.

Nobody else has a ski resort in the background to make their snow.

One of the greatest days in Austrian ski history. We are all happy, very happy. You can only dream of 14 medals, but today it was more than a dream.

I didn't really get that into backcountry riding until about eight or 10 years ago and the main reason for it is the ski areas are more crowded.

I don't know what the answer is. First we have to call the question: Can we still do this together? I think the question Bode has to answer is: Do you still want to be a part of the United States ski team?

I am realistic about it (skiing). I want to ski for the rest of my life.

But they didn't have enough rope to pull me up. So they called the Jet Ski people and waited with me until they came and got me.

Because we have had much demand for accommodations in Denver and the ski resorts in Vail, Aspen and Steamboat Springs, our company has previously done a good deal of reciprocal trading with TER. Now, all of these facilities will be readily available to us as an integral part of our own network.

Because ski and snowboard racing is an alternative sport to the mainstream football, baseball, basketball, etc., it allows a whole new group of kids to participate in a team sport and to learn responsibility, respect, teamwork and time management.

I had a ski coach and he always said: you know, if you're going to go for it, go all the way...but you can't come up short on these things, it's gonna hurt.

I can't say enough about how thrilled we are with the new partnership being formed by Peoples Bank and the Ski to Sea Race. We look forward to working with Peoples Bank to make Whatcom County's premier event bigger and better than ever.

I can't ski the way I want; my back hurts so bad. It's frustrating, but I'm happy to be here.

I don't ride ski areas all that much, and I don't do contests and I don't go in snowboard shops and I rarely read the snowboard magazines.

If all our guys stand up and ski reasonably well, we will do well. We've got the depth and good caliber skiers, but we need to finish the courses.

Global warming is a key environmental issue and a bottom line issue for the $3bn ski industry and its employees.

If the ski areas available are hard to get to and people don't have much fun once they get there, skier numbers might decline or stay stagnant.

If some cities in southern China could set up ice rinks or indoor ski resorts and involve more people, the reserve force of the country's winter sportsmen will become larger.

He was an unbelievable human being. He is the last of the old Austrian ski instructors; it is the absolute end of an era.

I always seem to ski well when I am sick. I push myself harder and it seems to work. I had no power in my legs halfway down but the skis were fast and that is what counts.

He will not ski because he is ill and has pneumonia. He's back in Austria and had his last test today.

He's coming to terms with being the main figure in the big times. And of course it takes time to learn coming from a quiet town to being one of the biggest ski stars in the world.

He loved to ski barefoot and enjoyed making his own skis. He would soak boards in water, and put them on blocks. Then he would drive his model A car up on them and let it sit while they dried. It would form a curve in them. He loved the outdoors.

We're probably going to ski 600 next week.

Today I felt sick at the start from being nervous. It's been a while since I got sick from being nervous. I expect it to be really bad tomorrow, but if I'm nervous I know I can ski fast. I've learned that.

What you can see, time and time again, is that the predators will adapt their means to whatever the young people are doing whether it's malls, whether it's ski slopes, whether it's beaches. Predators are going to do everything in their power to try to convince young girls, young boys, to come with them and enter this particular lifestyle.

He was a big senior person on the ski patrol there, and he was the lead avalanche forecaster for the mountain. This is a big loss for Mammoth.

Greg didn't have a lot of speed. He just had balance galore. He was on the ski team, he played baseball, he was solid. If you were to just look at him, you wouldn't see all of this talent locked up in there.

I was just charging and came up a little short. I can take something out of it because I did ski really well in sections. It was just two big mistakes at the top that cost me.

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski that's so much harder than two skis.

It began to complement the ski hill and the (Badger State) winter games. It was focused then mostly on winter sports. It has since evolved to a winter theme.

I think Bode has talked to the media, maybe more than he should. I think he's trying to balance it all out and figure it out. He's always looking for the limits, whether it's in ski racing or dealing with the media and certainly he's going to push the boundaries.

It has affected tourism, absolutely. It's very difficult to get in here if you want to fly, and because of that some people will opt to go to other ski resorts. And choose different places to vacation.

It is kind of nice not to rush around after school to get to a meet. I still plan to be part of the ski community but I don't have to hurry around after school to get there.

I think there is a real need in the state of Colorado for a ski club that, actually, everybody involved skis. I don't mean to (call out) any other clubs, but I've been to some other club meetings where a lot of people at the meeting didn't even ski or ride. Although we have that social aspect, we are about the skiing and riding.

Jess is a true team player. Despite personal struggle, Jess went the extra mile for the team. Jess gave 100-percent effort on the ski track, despite a heart condition. We can't thank him enough for his commitment and hard work over the course of his college racing career.

Our kids just have fun. We're built for ski racing.

Parents want to get kids on the slopes faster so they can ski as a family. Parents spend such little time as a family these days. That's what's great about skiing. You can do it as a family.

Overall, it was a huge success for me. It was a huge honor for me to be a two-time Olympian and have the accomplishments that I've been able to have in skiing. But certainly there was an element of disappointment. ... I expect perfection out of myself, and I didn't ski a perfect run. I was disappointed in that, but I did ski well, and I had a great time.

Overall he finished 16th, but Levi is still one of our most-important skiers. He's one of the reasons we ended up where we did. He's always an all-out skier. The only way you win or get close to winning is to ski on the edge. And when you ski on the edge, it doesn't always happen. He pushes it to the extreme every time.

Our average season-pass holder paid $14.64 per day to ski or snowboard Big Mountain. That is an incredible value.

My training is basically for dialing in my style and my airs, cleaning everything up and pushing myself to go faster in the bumps. John Rice has pretty much given me his mountain. He not only gave me a pass, but the whole mountain to use for training. I am very blessed to have such an amazing ski area as my backyard.

Marquette is definitely the favorite, but I think our boys will be right there. If we ski the way we can, we'll qualify. It's as simple as that.

I was thinking about that when Ski (Hinske) led off with a double, ... I thought this would be the perfect time for me to get the goose egg off the RBI column.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

I was getting ready to get on a jet ski and I slipped.

I think our ski patrol, I think they're heroes ... getting there as fast as they did absolutely saved her.

I think, realistically, people come to ski areas in the summer with the allure of beautiful green trails. They want to see rushing streams and rivers. That's what they have in their mind's eye.

It depends on the day you ask him. I think he's come to terms with the physical toll racing in every event takes on him and plans on being more strategic. But then I've also heard Bode say in passing he's going to ski every race.

I think Jens is sitting in position where he should ski in the top 30 in the state.

Maybe that's my secret this season, I'm enjoying it every day. When you have a smile at the start and you're having fun, you always ski fast.

Maybe in the first round, you don't ski too fast because you don't have competition next to you. You're focused more on synchronicity. If you seed well, you ski against a weaker team. In the finals, the competition gets harder and you need to ski faster and still hold it together.

I'm happy but devastated at the same time. The disappointment really hit when I watched the girls on the podium and heard the national anthem. This gives me a lot of motivation for the next races and the upcoming ski racing seasons. 2010 still seems far for now but I'm definitely motivated for skiing at my best in Vancouver.

That stuff happens. I've been around since '97 and I've seen the best do it, they've missed five. When you miss five, you put your rifle on your back and you go ski your loops and you push harder. That's all you can do.

We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big.

Winter X Games Ten (Jan. 28-31) will be the only time international Olympic riders face off before meeting in Italy, and there's no better place to check it out than here. Ride Aspen Highlands during the day (be at the top of Highlands Bowl when ski patrol drops the rope!), then make your way to Buttermilk for the night pipe event. Aspen is made up of four different mountains, so you can see as much or as little of the X Games as you want.

Wherever there are ski resorts there will be daily updates. These will mostly relay information that is relevant to skiers - imminent snowfall, the likelihood of avalanches and so on - but it will also offer advice on any storm fronts that are expected. For anybody planning a trek, this is crucial information.

When I travel, I always have about 40 pairs of skis with me, plus a ski technician and a ski coach.

We're all separate -- cross-country, biathlon, Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most attention and has the most pressure, and that's what I've been really missing. A lot of people love to ski in this country, but it's primarily a recreational sport and that's the way people view it. Competitive skiing is not really on the radar here.

We wanted to keep the speed and stability of a longer ski but make it a lot more maneuverable. It's just all about the surface area. All of our skis are shorter than most, but they have the same surface area -- and that's what determines the speed and stability, the actual amount of ski on the snow.