Overall, it was a huge success for me. It was a huge honor for me to be a two-time Olympian and have the accomplishments that I've been able to have in skiing. But certainly there was an element of disappointment. ... I expect perfection out of myself, and I didn't ski a perfect run. I was disappointed in that, but I did ski well, and I had a great time. |
Skiing is primarily a recreational sport in this country. Football, you have all these teammates, the pressures, the rivalry, 80,000 people screaming, the motion, that thrill. I can't find that in skiing. |
The NCAA can't continue to turn a cold shoulder on these athletes because it's not fair, |
The NCAA couldn't take this away from me. |
The Olympics is an incredible celebration of athletics. Watching the 1992 Albertville Olympics was one of the reasons I got serious about freestyle skiing. |
There aren't a lot of egos on this team. |
There would be 80,000 people screaming at a football game. |
They told me that about college. 'You're going to get hurt, you're too small, you're not going to play.' I love people like that, it inspires me to do it even more. |
This is it. That was my last race for sure. I'm really looking forward to what's next. |
To a certain point I feel like competitively I've done it all, looking back on everything with a smile on my face. Football is the missing block. Make it? Don't make it? I need to find that out. |
To me its just looking inside myself and pushing myself to the extreme and pushing the limits that s inside of me ? just trying to get the fuel and fire to train harder. |
Watching John Elway in Colorado, that goal was actually born before skiing. But the NFL is such a business. Obviously, I would LOVE to play for the Broncos, but I would also love to play for anyone who drafts me. |
Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most attention and has the most pressure, and that's what I've been really missing. A lot of people love to ski in this country, but it's primarily a recreational sport and that's the way people view it. Competitive skiing is not really on the radar here. |
With football, it's the unknown right now. It's like there's that last missing block. Kind of like, 'What if? Make it? Not make it?' I need to answer that question. |