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.

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.

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.

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.

That was the crux. You. Only you could work on you. Nobody could force you, and if you weren't ready, then you weren't ready, and no amount of open-armed encouragement was going to change that.

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

I don't believe in hero worship.

Globalization has altered the dynamics in the White House, as well as between the White House and the Treasury.

If the unborn is a human person, no justification for abortion is adequate.

Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.

You have to be a soldier and a veteran, or a soldier who sacrificed your life for your country.

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry.