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Some People Say I Make Mistakes. I Just Say That This Is The Secret Of Enjoying Life. I Hate Monotony. Why Don't They Leave Me Freedom Of Choice? People Want To Impose Choices Which Aren't Necessarily Mine. That's The Mistake People Make.

I Had Crashes When I Was Small And Gumby-like That Would Have Killed Me Now. I Would Just Fly Off Jumps And Go 40 Or 50 Meters When I Was 6 Years Old - Break Skis, Smash My Goggles And Get A Bloody Nose And Go Crawl Inside For A Little While And Then Come Back Out And Ski More In The Afternoon.

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.

One Of The Really Important Things About The Olympics Is, To Enjoy Yourself, You Have To Accept That It's Different And Feed Off The Enthusiasm Of Everyone And The Inspiration And Hopefully That Will Elevate Your Performance.

I Can Take $15,000 A Year And Raise Kids On That. Later, They'll Figure Out I've Got Millions, But Hopefully They'll Have The Values To Say, 'so What?