I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

When I saw (Raich) ski out I just couldn't believe what was happening.

I don't do ski racing to be famous.

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.