I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

I tried retiring a couple of times and it just didn't really stick so, but at some point enough things conspire together and it does stick.

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.

It is not that I don't recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don't fear the consequences.

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

Eventually I'd like to have a family. I'd like to not be limping around when I'm 50 years old.

Sometimes I'm disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.

I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.

Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.

It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.

She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was not real.

I not only want to understand God's revelations, I want to be changed by them.

It isn't drugs addicts have to give up. It's misery.

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

Every intention is a trigger for transformation.

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance

The repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that's very disturbing - we get happy.

Stop giving your power away and begin to trust that your feelings are in fact expressions of the deepest truths.

I simply don't want the poems mixed up with my life or opinions or picture or any other regrettable concomitants. I look like a bear and live in a cave; but you should worry.

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show