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" Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years. "

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" I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals. "

" I still have more to fight for in the coming years. "

" I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year. "

" I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum. "

" I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings. "

" When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race. "

" I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top. "

" It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible. "

" For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder. "

" This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again. "

" As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career. "

" 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 like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy. "

" My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control. "

" When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on? "

" It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City. "

" The crowd is wonderful. There is always a superb atmosphere in the finish area. It's good for the World Cup. I missed it a lot when I had to rest and it's so nice to be back here. "

" One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now. "

" I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town. "

" I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season. "

" If I remain healthy, I can win more races, but I don't think so much about setting new records. I'm already proud to have become the leading Austrian World Cup racer. "

" It was really tough to race the GS a day after the downhill, but that's over now. I'm looking forward for the rest of the season which is also quite interesting. "

Looking Forward

" I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here. "

" It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same. "

" I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty. "

" I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup. "

" 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. "