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" I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Vail's a very important place for me. Everyone kind of took me in and accepted me in that town, and they still have to this day. I wouldn't be a downhill skier if I hadn't been there. "

" 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. "

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

" In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out. "

" It's hard to give tips to skiers if I don't know how they ski, but I think the most important thing in skiing is you have to be having fun. If you're having fun, then everything else will come easy to you. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids. "

" 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! "

" When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work. "

" Everyone knows marriage is tough. "

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

" Ski racing is not about how much you weigh. If weight was the key, everybody would be sucking down food. "

" I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked. "

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

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

" I always ate healthy, but it wasn't scientific. Now it's a high-protein diet and no carbohydrates. I have more consistent energy, and I don't get tired after a meal. It does take a very detailed meal plan. "

" Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again. "

" I really like figure skating. "

" Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete. "

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