Ted Ligety

“A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.”

“I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.”

“I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.”

“I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.”

“There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.”

“I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.”

“I don't do ski racing to be famous.”

“I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.”

“I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product.”

“I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.”

“I've never liked the idea of working for other people.”

“When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.”

“Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.”

“Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.”

“I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.”

“My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.”

“It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time.”