Lindsey Vonn Quotes

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Lindsey Vonn

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 18, 1984

A part of me is missing when I can't ski, but I've learned there's more to define me and make me happy, like stand-up paddling and Jet Skiing - things I'd never done before. Or being with people I love and just enjoying life.

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When you're young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don't work.

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I have a race routine. I have a team of people helping me. I have winning habits. I believe in myself. I have balance in my life.

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It's sexy and beautiful to be strong.

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I don't want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I've done everything I can do.

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I don't really believe that you need to be married to someone to be their life partner.

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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.

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Everyone knows marriage is tough.

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

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When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.

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When I get on the World Cup tour, I'm kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.

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

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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.

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I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.

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It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

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If you work so hard to reach your goal but you lose your pole in the very last run, that's hard to take.

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For sure, 2010 was the best year I've ever had. It couldn't have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.

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

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You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

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For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.

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