Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

Though I no longer presumed to have a conscience, I have never once lacked feelings.

The most benevolent souls are the one's who have had to drink some of life's worst poisons, yet protected others in their lives from ever having to taste them.

I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.

That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me ‘Baby,’ and it didn't occur to me to mind.

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.

We have a job to do. After the fight, I'll love him.

People are mostly very nice, and I always say hello. I'm laid back, so I don't mind. I think if people watch the show and want to say hi, you've got to be nice.

Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

Stick with your passion, and keep moving forward. You can't go wrong.