It's amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.

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.

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.

I never thought my face would be on the cover of a Red Bull Six Pack.

There are times when one certain snow condition is great for one particular brand of skis.

I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.

When you fall, get right back up.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

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

Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else.

My favorite ski run in the U.S. is International on the front face of Vail Mountain.

When I first moved to Vail, it was like I was a little celebrity. You know, everyone knew my accomplishments. I was a young, fast teenager and making waves in the ski world. And it was really cool.

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

Setbacks motivate me.

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.

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

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.

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.

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

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

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

I try to eat on the healthier side, but baked goods are hard to resist. I just love sweet things.

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

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.

Everyone knows marriage is tough.

It's sexy and beautiful to be strong.

I really like figure skating.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.

I enjoy just showing people other sides of me, especially everyone always sees me in my helmet and ski suit. It's nice to just show everyone me, just me in my everyday clothes or just me in high heels or just me not in my ski gear, basically.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

Skiing takes so much out of me, and when I start a family, I want to do it 100%.

The thing is I have no ACL. So unless I get surgery, there's nothing really magical that I can do that's going to make it better. I just can get my leg stronger, my muscle stronger and try and support it a little more. But that has a small impact. My knee is loose, and it's not stable, and that's the way it's going to be from here on out.

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.

I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!

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.

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

I won't lie - I picked up the occasional gossip magazine in the past because I thought that maybe 5 to 10 percent of it was true. Now I think it's zero percent.

My mom is positive and optimistic.

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.

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!

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

I have three cows, and I'm looking forward to more in the future, so I'll have a little herd.

I love the cowbell. I think it's awesome. My family got the cowbell app on their iPhones. It's a classic part of ski racing.

I've always heard that heli-skiing in Alaska is amazing. I would love to be able to do that at some point in my life.