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" 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. "
Hermann Maier
Fight
Team
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" 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. "
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" I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals. "
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" I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here. "
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Here
" I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year. "
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Will
Think
" I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty. "
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Best
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" 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. "
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Back
Finish
" I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town. "
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Town
Which
See
" It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible. "
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Still
Win
Want
" 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. "
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See
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" When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on? "
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" At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on. "
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Body
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" One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now. "
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Me
More
Now
" I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings. "
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Left
World
Still
" 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. "
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Bad
Lose
Everything
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Salt
Top
Lake
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Up
Time
" It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same. "
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Now
Become
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Tough
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