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.

Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it’s not all about winning.

I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

When you get old, it’s hard to tell what’s memory and what you’ve kind of created in your head as memory, you know?

I think four Olympics is probably enough. Five Olympics is a long time, but there’s nothing wrong with that if I’m into it and I’m healthy and my priorities can fit around that.

Eventually I’d like to have a family. I’d like to not be limping around when I’m 50 years old.

Some of them I probably would like. Some of my fans probably beat their wives or run over little kids and they just happen to watch me on TV and like the way I ski. Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.

Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.

That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it’s great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it’s awesome either way.

But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.