Sometimes you try to talk to him, and he's looking down and fiddling with his phone and stuff. I would have to go out of my way to talk to him. It would be me going out of my way to do that, and that's not for me. But we support each other on the hill.

As far as the media stuff is concerned, he's gotten a lot of play, a lot of (magazine) covers. That's good for our sport. To me, it's not really a big issue of me getting all the press. It's more like trying to get our sport some press, to get people to know what's coming up. ... What it comes down to, ultimately, is who's going to be skiing faster.

It's not going to be easy, that's for sure. If I ski the way I am capable of skiing, on this kind of hill, it could be a good day.

It's tough. There's a lot of terrain, it's steep, it's icy. This is what you want. It makes you wake up and charge.

I'd like to be wearing the red (leader's) bib in downhill.

I was back on my skis too much at the top of the course. Otherwise, it could have been a much better run, maybe fifth place.