Julia Mancuso Quotes (21 Quotes)

The combined really needs to change format. We've had some super combined (consisting of one downhill and one slalom run) on the World Cup. That's a pretty good format. Or make the downhill longer and more difficult.

We like to be fun, we like to keep it light. It was more like a fun thing than a ritual.

I've got a little bit of Italian in my heart.

It's cool when people ask me about my gold medal and they say it will last forever. I will try to promote skiing and show everyone it's not just about competition. It's about having fun with your friends in the snow. I want to bring people with less opportunities to the snow, try to use my gold medal to support programs to bring more people to the snow.

We will use this as an opportunity to show the world what we do. We like to show everyone that skiing rocks.

We had high expectations. Everyone wants to shoot for the moon. You'll end up in the stars, anyway.

I'm very positive. My last three races at the World Cup I was on the podium and two of them I lost by a slim margin. I have nothing to worry about. I have all my equipment. Everything is falling in place.

Gold medals are my goal, I'm just making my way.

I know she was in a lot of pain. She did a really good job.

I was ready to give my best and not hold back just because I couldn't see.

Right now my skiing is going really well. I'm excited. Every event I'm entered I'm looking to win. I don't know what my chances are, but I'm going to give it my best.

I got my first Olympic race out of the way with the downhill, so my nerves aren't anything compared to that.

I was lightheaded in the start. I had two fine runs, didn't make any big mistakes...

I just felt I couldn't make any mistakes in the second run because there were so many big turns on the bottom. I wasn't thinking of gold, I was thinking of the podium. I was excited and nervous. It was a difficult second run.

She's got a lot of tape. We have not reviewed it yet or seen if it's boring or worth seeing.

Because it was bad weather it made it seem less like the Olympics because you always dream of the Olympics as just the perfect race.

I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.

I didn't see it because I ran right after her. I knew something was wrong.

We always are training in bad weather and I grew up skiing in powder.

To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.

The lesson you learn is that it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is believing in yourself, kicking out of the start gate and leaving everything else behind.