I don't look at it like that's my rival and I have to beat her. It's more like, I have to ski this as fast as I can and the fastest of everyone out here and that's what I expect.

Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they're worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That's the only person you need to answer to.

Follow your dreams as long as you live! Never be afraid to go out on the limb to live up to your expectations. Always do things your way and Have Fun!

Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself.

I'm the kind of person that when I really want something, I wish for it. I wish on shooting stars. I wish on lots of things.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own, baby.

I've made a promise to myself to be a 100% healthy person if nothing else.

There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse situation and having to deal with something new and learn how to do it.

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

When you're jumping so high for something so far up in the sky, you have to know that there is definitely someone there who can catch you, someone who knows how to catch you and when.

I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.

...cities are murky places - hatching grounds for monsters...

All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates

Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin.

[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment.

I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from.

Most Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie.

I see no conflict between science and religion. When you take truth in either one of these realms, science or religion, they match perfectly.

He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.