Ted Ligety Quotes

#1. I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.

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#2. My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

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#3. Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

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#4. I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.

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#5. If you're having fun doing what you're doing, you're gonna really want to work hard at it.

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#6. It's my first Olympics, I'm very young. It's incredible.

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#7. I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product.

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#8. I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

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#9. There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

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#10. I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.

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#11. Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

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#12. A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.

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#13. I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

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#14. I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

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#15. You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.

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#16. I've never liked the idea of working for other people.

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#17. I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

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#18. I don't do ski racing to be famous.

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#19. When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.

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#20. It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time.

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