From 1999 To 2003 Was The Peak

We Should Tell Our Kids To Just Have Fun, Participate And Not Get Bent On Winning Or Losing. But Every Coach, When They Say That, They Say It Tongue In Cheek, 'don't Worry About Winning': If You Win I'll Get You Ice Cream, But If You Lose I'm Going To Pout In The Car.

There's Been Times When I've Been In Really Tough Shape At The Top Of The Course. Talk About A Hard Challenge Right There. I Mean, If You Ever Tried To Ski When You're Wasted, It's Not Easy. Try And Ski A Slalom When … You Hit A Gate Less Than Every One A Second, So It's Risky, You Know. You're Putting Your Life At Risk There. It's Like Driving Drunk Only There's No Rules About It In Ski Racing.

It Does Matter That It's The Olympics. I Just Did It My Way. I'm Not A Martyr, And I'm Not A Do-gooder. I Just Want To Go Out And Rock. And Man, I Rocked Here.

I Went Through A Period At Boarding School When My Coaches Wanted Me To Switch To Snowboarding Because They Thought I Was No Good At Skiing. I Was Too Skinny. I Had Terrible Technique. They Were Saying I Should Be A Snowboarder, And Luckily, I Resisted.

It's Important For Me To Live My Life Honestly.