Michaela Dorfmeister Quotes (26 Quotes)


    In my last season, I make history in every race. I'm so happy. It was difficult today. Sometimes it was icy, sometimes it very bumpy. The snow was very fast. It was difficult to find my timing.

    I'm flying like an angel. I go home from these Olympics with two medals and they are both gold. It's unbelievable. It's the top to finish my career like this.


    At the time I just reacted. But at the finish my knees were shaking. We are going at such high speeds. Mistakes like that should not happen. I'm happy I was healthy at the bottom.

    It's a big dream for me to go home with two gold medals. It's not very easy as it looks like.



    Last night I woke up several times, and even in the dark all I could see were the rings. I became obsessed with them.



    I don't know if it was right for her to start the course. But the decision comes down to the individual athlete.

    There was so much pressure by myself and everyone else and I can't handle this by myself. It's not good for me so I made the decision never go to a ski coach for mental help. I said last season I will try a mental coach and see how it works.

    It's amazing It's fine to see someone else with me on top of the podium. I hope they have enough place for us on the top.

    Before I set off I focused hard on my pre-race inspection to log everything in my head like a computer, I went over the curse 100 times in my head.

    It's a big day in my life today. For every racer and every competitor the best thing is to stay on top. I had a special moment on the podium when no one was speaking to me. I really enjoyed that moment.

    It would be arrogant to say I knew I was going to win. But if I was full of doubts before, today I had no doubts. I had the voices of a thousand little gnomes in my head telling me this would be my day.

    It is like a dream. I didn't sleep for two nights because I was under so much pressure. That elusive medal is probably what has kept me going. I had none of the self-doubts which have bothered me in the past. I was totally positive.


    This is a measure of revenge after what happened yesterday (Saturday). At least we could get back to proper skiing. I did pretty well. It felt very easy.

    The snow was soft today and you had to go with a lot of feeling. The light was not so good, but the course was good.


    I was like a horse in a box before the race. Now I go home from these Olympics with two medals, and they are both gold.


    In the afternoon the weather gets bad. The light is very important down here.

    It's my last dream in ski racing. I have achieved all the other ones and done so much more than I thought I would when I entered the team in the early 1990s.

    I have been working a bit with my mind and with a special coach and what he taught me helps a lot. I had good thoughts at the start, I am thinking that most of time it doesn't matter what happens in the finish, life goes forward. Thinking this gives me less pressure.

    My decision to give up competition seems to have relaxed me more than I ever expected.


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