Lindsey Vonn Quotes
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Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.
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The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.
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I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.
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I always ate healthy, but it wasn't scientific. Now it's a high-protein diet and no carbohydrates. I have more consistent energy, and I don't get tired after a meal. It does take a very detailed meal plan.
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When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.
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When I train against men, I always find that I push myself harder to my absolute maximum.
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I wish it didn't take soooooo much to get physically to where I need to be.
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I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.
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Making ski racing fun and engaging for kids and families is an exciting opportunity and a real passion of mine.
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Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.
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I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.
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Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.
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If you go around being afraid, you're never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you've got to have fun.
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Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.
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When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.
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I think the most important thing in skiing is you have to be having fun. If you're having fun, then everything else will come easy to you.
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When I first moved to Vail, it was like I was a little celebrity. You know, everyone knew my accomplishments. I was a young, fast teenager and making waves in the ski world. And it was really cool.
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You start seeing all of the athlete profiles on NBC, and whenever the Summer Olympics come up, I feel like I share the same experience with the Summer Olympians.
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If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.
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There is a dessert dish in Austria called Kaiserschmarrn - it's kind of like a sweet raisin pancake with eggs and sugar. It's definitely not something I can eat often, but if I've done well at a race, sometimes that's my celebration treat!
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I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I'll have a protein shake.
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Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
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When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.
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It's difficult to be at events with a room full of women who weigh half as much as you do.