Lindsey Kildow Quotes (25 Quotes)


    She put me under her wing when I came onto the team. I met her when I was nine years old, and she gave me the motivation and kind of the goal to be in the Olympics and win an Olympic gold medal.

    I was really looking forward to the race because I know I can do well on this hill. But I really wouldn't want to compromise my health by racing in conditions like today.

    I'll have plenty of time this afternoon to train for slalom.

    You know, it doesn't really seem like anybody cares this is the Olympics. It doesn't seem like there are a lot of people here. Last time in Salt Lake, they did such a good job organizing. You could feel the excitement. Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel it here.

    World Cups are important because you have to ski well and gain confidence for the Olympics. You have to have other goals besides the Olympics because the Olympics is only one race.


    I have this weird pocket of fluid in my back and it doesn't seem to want to go away. If I keep doing therapy, I hope it will go away. I don't really know what else to do.

    There's really no technical sections where you can set yourself apart from the other athletes. I was giving it everything I had. A couple people mentioned maybe I wasn't getting as low as I normally do in my tuck. Maybe subconsciously the pain is affecting me.

    I wanted to get a medal (in downhill), but I still have my chances. Don't give up on me yet.

    I lost confidence after crashing in the Olympics, and it's amazing to be on the podium, especially with Michaela. This is by far my best day since the crash.

    Slalom skiing is going really well so it made up for my downhill. I have a lot of confidence in my slalom. I trust my skis, trust myself and it's showing in my races. I skied aggressive in the slalom, taking chances and I was really fast so I'm happy about today.

    I have a lot of fluid in my back, and it is causing a lot of pain when I ski. I skied the best I could. You can't be disappointed when you've given it everything you have.

    She was incredible, she spent the whole night with me until 10 o'clock. She cried with me. She said she knew I can do it, that I have to be positive and get back out there as soon as I can. She knew as soon as I got back out there, I'd have a medal. Just not today, I guess.

    It's like his upper body is detached from his lower body. His upper body is just crazy. It's all over the map. But what his lower body does is incredible. He's always going straight down the fall line. It's by far the straightest line I've ever seen.

    Not racing is not an option. I didn't work my whole life to say, 'Maybe next time.

    It's definitely weird going from the hospital bed to the start gate. But it's ski racing. I've done it my whole life. I wasn't worried that I'd forgotten anything.

    It's always good to have a strong team that supports you and backs you up and is getting those results besides you so you don't feel like the entire team rests on you. I think it's a very good thing that our whole team is doing well.

    Last time in Salt Lake, they did such a good job organizing, and everyone was excited. You could just feel in the air, it was excitement. I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel like it's exciting.

    The pain was something I was going to take no matter what.

    Last year I had a lot of top-three results, but we didn't really get any prizes, just money, so this is really awesome. She's a little ornery, but she's cool.

    It's definitely weird to go from the hospital bed to the start gate.

    Pain was something I was gonna take no matter what. It was just a matter of if my body could physically withstand the forces of the speed.


    I thought it went really well. It was a pretty open course. There were not so many turns and it was not so steep. That made it pretty tight.

    I was going to go through everything I could today to start. I wasn't thinking of not racing. I learned that your body can go through a lot, and you can push yourself as far as you want to push it.



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