American - Athlete | August 31, 1984 -
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.
Ted Ligety
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I don't do ski racing to be famous.
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I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.
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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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There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.
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I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.
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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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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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I've never liked the idea of working for other people.
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A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.
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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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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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