Top 55 Lindsey Vonn Quotes

I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me.

I use men’s skis because, honestly, they work better for me. They’re longer, they’re stiffer, they’re harder to turn – but at the same time, they’re much more stable.

I’ve never once heard my mom complain about her stroke.

I’m not a crier.

For someone to say I am overweight is completely ridiculous.

I’m not trying to race the whole men’s tour; I just want to race one time. If you know me, which most people on the World Cup do, they know that this is a legitimate goal of mine and not a publicity stunt.

I always ate healthy, but it wasn’t scientific. Now it’s a high-protein diet and no carbohydrates. I have more consistent energy, and I don’t get tired after a meal. It does take a very detailed meal plan.

You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better.

It’s hard to give tips to skiers if I don’t know how they ski, but I think the most important thing in skiing is you have to be having fun. If you’re having fun, then everything else will come easy to you.

Everyone knows marriage is tough.

I get up early, but it doesn’t mean I like getting up early.

I’m proud to be part of any Olympic team.

A part of me is missing when I can’t ski, but I’ve learned there’s more to define me and make me happy, like stand-up paddling and Jet Skiing – things I’d never done before. Or being with people I love and just enjoying life.

Life’s short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you’re not going to have them again.

I’m not trying to get five medals. I’m not trying to be Michael Phelps.

Facebook and Twitter have changed how people follow ski racing. In past Olympics, you couldn’t stay in touch with the fan base that followed you during the Olympics. They thought they had to wait four years to reconnect.

I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.

I love ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and it’s such a funny show. I don’t know if I’m funny enough to be on it but definitely would be interested in doing it.

I’m not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don’t care.

I don’t really believe that you need to be married to someone to be their life partner.

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

My crazy training-and-competition schedule leaves very little time to focus on my hair.

I’m never tired of winning, and I’m never tired of skiing.

I want to be known for my athletic achievements, not my celebrity.

I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing – my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.

It’s difficult to be at events with a room full of women who weigh half as much as you do.

I wouldn’t change being married. It was good for me, and I was happy for a period of time, and I learned a lot about myself.

For sure, 2010 was the best year I’ve ever had. It couldn’t have gone any better for me. Even if I just won the Olympic gold medal, that would have made it the best year of my career and the best day of my life, period. Winning the World Cup races and the overall title just topped it off.

In the winter, I’m always in Europe. July and September are New Zealand and Chile camps. I’m always on the road.

When you fall, get right back up.

Even growing up, I was always the helper-outer, the sous-chef to my parents.

Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.

An overall title is one of the biggest things you can win in our sport.

Ski racing is not about how much you weigh. If weight was the key, everybody would be sucking down food.

I don’t know where I’m supposed to meet a boyfriend. It’s weird.

The Olympics were the most pressure I’ve ever felt.

Vail Resorts School of Shred program is a great way to help encourage kids to stay active by getting them outside and on the mountain.

Ninety percent of the day is working out. Sometimes I get my nails done and go to the grocery store.

People get nervous driving around corners, thinking they’re going to tip over. But you can go soooo much faster through the curves than you realize.

Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete.

You have to be a little crazy to be a downhill skier.

If you go around being afraid, you’re never going to enjoy life. You have only one chance, so you’ve got to have fun.

I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I’ll have a protein shake.

Olay BB Cream is a lifesaver, and I wear it every day while I train and compete. Twenty-four-hour hydration and sheer color helps me look flawless even when faced with that unforgiving Jumbotron!

There is a dessert dish in Austria called Kaiserschmarrn – it’s kind of like a sweet raisin pancake with eggs and sugar. It’s definitely not something I can eat often, but if I’ve done well at a race, sometimes that’s my celebration treat!

I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn’t very good at it.

When you’re young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don’t work.

Everyone saw me on TV or read articles, and it was all about my great marriage, the white picket fence, all this success and my perfect life. But behind the scenes, it was a struggle.

When I get on the World Cup tour, I’m kind of disconnected from the world. I just kind of get wrapped up in my world and wrapped up in trying to ski fast every day, and I forget about everything else.

Medals are decided by hundredths of a second, so I need assurance that my vision is perfect every time I compete, no matter what the conditions.

You can get a big gust of wind, and your Olympics are over.

I’d like to keep my personal life private. In reality, I know that’s not possible. In the present, I’m trying to pretend it’s possible.

My mom is really tough.

I can be normal by myself; no one notices me.