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All Quotes by author - Mikaela Shiffrin
" A perfect day for me would just be a day that goes the way I plan. "
Just
Me
Perfect
" Drama holds you back. "
Holds
Drama
Back
" Dream big, but don't be upset if it doesn't happen. "
Happen
Dream
Big
" Here's the thing. You can't get ten thousand hours of skiing. You spend so much time on the chairlift. My coach did a calculation of how many hours I've been on snow. We'd been overestimating. I think we came up with something like eleven total hours of skiing on snow a year. It's, like, seven minutes a day. "
Skiing
You
Time
" I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the weekend I just get outside and get active - jog or bike ride, or play tennis with my mom. "
Mom
Friday
Ride
" I don't really have time or interest in doing a lot of the crazy things that some of my teenage peers do, mostly because I have such a hectic life that I don't need to add to that chaos by creating my own teenage drama like a lot of teenagers do. "
Chaos
Crazy
Doing
" If I hadn't come East as a kid, I might still be a World Cup racer today, but I wouldn't be the same World Cup racer. "
Same
Kid
Today
" I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager. "
Being
Much
Never
" I haven't had to make a decision between 'my brand' and money. Everybody seems to get what I'm going for: the healthy lifestyle, staying active, being young and youthful. "
Decision
Money
Young
" I just - I fell in love with the sport when I started to ski gates. Once I was allowed to start training gates around 6 years old, then I really fell in love with it. "
Love
Start
Old
" I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles. "
Love
New Things
See
" I'm not really seeing pressure as a negative. "
Pressure
Negative
Really
" I rely on breakfast to give me a kickstart of energy in the morning, so I choose my foods accordingly. "
Me
Morning
Energy
" I remember skiing being a family recreational thing. "
Family
Being
Thing
" It rained a lot in New Hampshire, and when I skied, the snow was icy and hard, and the mountains were small. "
Lot
Hard
Snow
" My dream job has always been to be a ski racer. "
Job
Been
Always
" My parents strapped a pair of plastic skis on my boots when I was two years old and sent me down our driveway in Vail. Of course, they were holding on to me the whole time, but that was my first experience 'skiing.' "
Experience
Down
Two
" My whole thing is simple, well-balanced meals. I have to say, though, that I really like dessert. I try not to eat dessert every day, but I'll have dessert every now and then. "
Dessert
Simple
Say
" Out on the hill under the helmet, nobody sees your face or hair, but then you take it off, and they do - that's the part I'm nervous about. "
You
Face
Hair
" Pasta is my superfood! Balance and moderation are the basis for my diet, though, so I also make sure to incorporate plenty of protein, fruits, and veggies throughout the day. "
Moderation
Pasta
Day
" Sometimes I feel surrounded by this dark cloud, and it feels like I can't breathe. It's nervousness and I don't know what else. "
Know
Dark
Cloud
" Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing. "
Expect
Life
Skills
" When I get back on snow, it's almost like I travel back in time to that feeling I used to have. That youthful, 6-year-old, 'nothing else matters,' 'you're sort of the center of the universe' kind of a feeling. "
Back
Time
Universe
" When I'm in the starting gate, it's just me and the hill. "
Me
Gate
Hill
" When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing. "
Years
Good
Old
" 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. "
Hard Work
Learning
School
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