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.

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

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

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.

Records are the only thing that remain of an athlete, the only thing that people will remember. If I want to ensure that people don't forget me, I can only stop once I've set the bar as high as possible for anyone coming after me.

Be proud of yourself when you do keep going!

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

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

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.

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.

Unfortunately, we both lead incredibly hectic lives that force us to spend a majority of our time apart. I will always admire and respect Tiger. He and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.

I enjoy just showing people other sides of me, especially everyone always sees me in my helmet and ski suit. It's nice to just show everyone me, just me in my everyday clothes or just me in high heels or just me not in my ski gear, basically.

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

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

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

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.

My goal, for almost my entire career, has been to promote ski racing not just in America, but across the world. I think it's an amazing sport. I am happy to be an ambassador for the next Olympics and I will do my best to honour the Olympics spirit and to hopefully encourage kids to participate in sports, especially in Asia and Korea and I am looking forward to an amazing Olympics.

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

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.

Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn't stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.

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

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

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.

I'd like to keep my personal life private. In reality, I know that's not possible. In the present, I'm trying to pretend it's possible.