The super-G is the toughest event because there's only one inspection and the speeds are high. It's pretty special to be on the podium with Bode and finish the season strong. |
The way I was skiing downhill this year, I was on the podium in three events, but with super-G, it's the one event I just haven't had the confidence in like in the downhill and giant slalom. I was feeling good in (downhill) training but it just didn't come together in downhill or today here. I just shake my head at the way I was skiing. I needed to be clean and smooth and I just wasn't doing that. |
The way I was skiing downhill, I was on the podium in three events. But the super-G, it's the one event I just haven't had the confidence in like the downhill and giant slalom. I had the wrong thoughts in my head. I just wasn't super confident getting into the starting gate. |
The wheels came off today, for some reason or another. (The remaining events don't) mean as much to me as the downhill. It's tough walking away from this one right now. |
There's nothing you can do about it. The conditions just change so much. I just don't think it was a very fair race across the board, but it's never fair really. |
This is hard to swallow. It's not the way I wanted it to end. If you win a gold medal at the Olympics it doesn't matter what else you've done. I definitely wanted to walk away from here on top. |
This race comes down to me. I'm my biggest challenger. |
This sucks. We definitely came up very short of what we were potentially able to do. ... It really felt like we had a chance to bring down medals in every event. We had the skiers to do that. It's not for lack of trying. |
We deal with this a lot. You just have to go back, relax, take a little siesta and get ready to go. |
We're all having our problems, not just Bode. I didn't feel I had it today. I don't know what's going on exactly. It's kind of strange. |
We're both kind of shocked. We felt for sure that (we'd) be up in the front and contending for a medal - two of us. |
We're both kind of shocked. We thought for sure we would be, you know, up there right in front, contending for a medal, the two of us. |
What the hell -- I went out there and did the best I could. |
Why make that such a big story and not make a bigger story of the success we've all had? |
You see some of the best guys in the world crash. To me, that's what the sport is really about. You want to see guys put down some runs, like Franz Klammer back in the day. |