Top 30 Mikaela Shiffrin Quotes

I wouldn’t eat a 1,000-calorie bowl of spaghetti for dinner, but I’ve always loved pasta and think it’s a good addition to any meal and a great base for pretty much any vegetable. It’s also great when I have a nervous stomach before race day.

If you strive toward the perfect run, accepting that you will always come up short of that is very intriguing. It makes me think about how in life in general, we always want to strive toward perfection, but sometimes perfection would be the worst thing.

My dream job has always been to be a ski racer.

When I get back on snow, it’s almost like I travel back in time to that feeling I used to have. That youthful, 6-year-old, ‘nothing else matters,’ ‘you’re sort of the center of the universe’ kind of a feeling.

Whether it’s learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

I remember skiing being a family recreational thing.

Some sports, you see some athletes just walking around the gym not really doing anything, eating food. They’re first to the lunchroom, never lifting weights.

I just try to be as nice as possible and make fun of myself and laugh at the jokes.

One of the biggest misconceptions is that carbs are bad. It’s a fad right now. Full disclosure: I’m sponsored by Barilla. But I’ve always been free about saying I love carbs, including pasta, in moderation.

Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.

I don’t know what the point of life is, but I’m certain that five gold medals is not it.

I just – I fell in love with the sport when I started to ski gates. Once I was allowed to start training gates around 6 years old, then I really fell in love with it.

‘Don’t worry about it, and you’ll be great,’ said nobody, ever.

I get this adrenaline rush from just going down the course and feeling like I made a really great turn and I’m going to do it again and again and again. That feeling can’t be replaced, and that’s the feeling I’m striving to get every time I go out there.

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.

I have to constantly keep pushing myself.

I rely on breakfast to give me a kickstart of energy in the morning, so I choose my foods accordingly.

Dream big, but don’t be upset if it doesn’t happen.

I’ve always said my expectations are higher than what anyone else could put on me.

It’s hard to find someone who is really genuinely happy for you if you are having success and they’re not.

Sometimes I feel surrounded by this dark cloud, and it feels like I can’t breathe. It’s nervousness and I don’t know what else.

I don’t really have time or interest in doing a lot of the crazy things that some of my teenage peers do, mostly because I have such a hectic life that I don’t need to add to that chaos by creating my own teenage drama like a lot of teenagers do.

Out on the hill under the helmet, nobody sees your face or hair, but then you take it off, and they do – that’s the part I’m nervous about.

If I hadn’t come East as a kid, I might still be a World Cup racer today, but I wouldn’t be the same World Cup racer.

During the season, one of the most important things to eat is the carbs. Protein’s really important, too, but it’s the carbs that are important because I have to consistently refuel for the next day.

I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

You have to have the brain to conceptualize technique and apply it to your body.

Things you don’t expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can’t let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.

If you don’t think it’s possible to win five golds, go talk to Michael Phelps.

I think it’s good to stimulate your mind.