Lindsey Vonn Quotes

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

When you fall, get right back up. Just keep going, keep pushing it.

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.

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.

I find folding laundry very relaxing.

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.

You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better.

I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while.

I'm never tired of winning, and I'm never tired of skiing.

I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.

Life changes very quickly in a very positive way if you let it.

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they're going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

If you work hard, it will pay off in the end.

Be proud of yourself when you do keep going!

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.

When you fall down, just get up again.

I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me.

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

I get up early, but it doesn't mean I like getting up early.

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.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

Setbacks help you to concentrate.

I want to be known for my athletic achievements, not my celebrity.

There are times when one certain snow condition is great for one particular brand of skis.

I use men's skis because, honestly, they work better for me. They're longer, they're stiffer, they're harder to turn - but at the same time, they're much more stable.

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.

I feel like, with ski racing, you need to have a short memory. You crash all the time, and sometimes it's a really bad one, but sometimes it's not so bad.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.

Ski racing is not about how much you weigh. If weight was the key, everybody would be sucking down food.

I want to show America who I am and inspire young kids.

For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.

It seems kind of silly, but it's really nice to chill in the kitchen with a friend and bake. It relaxes me, and mixing is probably my favorite part.

I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I'll have a protein shake.

I've been to a lot of photo shoots and I see these girls that are just really thin. They're not healthy. They don't work out.

I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.

In the winter, I'm always in Europe. July and September are New Zealand and Chile camps. I'm always on the road.

I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.

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.

Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.

Everyone knows marriage is tough.

My mom is positive and optimistic.

I enjoyed trying everything. I'd never get a chance to try fencing or archery if it wasn't for this. It was really fun experience.

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.