Chloe Kim Quotes
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My dad would load me into the car under a pile of blankets in the middle of the night so I could sleep the whole way and be on the mountain when it opened.
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I moved to Switzerland when I was 8, and during our breaks, we'd go to snowboard, and he'd take me to the mountains; we'd take a train. It was kind of crazy, you know. When I think about it, I wake up at 4, take a train to the mountains, sleep in the train and then go snowboard, and then come back. It was quite a mission.
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I hate it when I get grumpy. But I can only be high-energy for so long.
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I got mail from a prison once.
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I don't get butterflies. I get a good feeling in my stomach before I compete. When I don't, I get worried.
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I knock on my board to unjinx myself.
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My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair for the longest time.
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I'm proud of my Korean heritage, but I want people to know I'm American. It's not important to be the Korean Taylor Swift.
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I'm always working hard.
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I think the cool thing about snowboarding is that everyone has their own style.
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It's super cool - I have this link to Korea, and with the Olympics, I have this opportunity to represent the U.S., Korea, and my family.
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My father didn't want to ski alone, so he took me up to the mountains in order to basically bribe my mom to come with him.
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It's hard to describe my style. People will tell me that I'm really flowy.
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Just because I'm young doesn't mean I didn't work hard to get to where I am.
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My dad gave up his job; he stopped working - for me. Without that, I definitely wouldn't be as successful.
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Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic.
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I just say, 'Never give up.'
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I just want to be that young girl from L.A. who snowboards and gets her nails done.
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When I first started snowboarding, my dad pretty much dragged me into it. I wasn't old enough to be like, 'Oh, I wanna snowboard!' you know?
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Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.
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I just grew up in the States, so I feel like I identify more with the American culture.
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I missed out on a few proms, homecomings, might miss my graduation. I wouldn't want it any other way... it's worth it.
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Four is actually my lucky number.
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Before I drop in, I tend to knock on my snowboard. You know how when you jinx yourself, they're like, 'Knock on wood.' My snowboard's wood, so in case I jinxed myself sometime in the past, I just knock on my board. It just makes me feel a lot more comfortable.