Mikaela Shiffrin quotes
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“It's like a puzzle or a painting or music. When I ski, it's like a song. I can hear the rhythm in my head, and when I start to ski that rhythm and I start to really link my turns together, all of a sudden there's so much flow and power that I just can't help but feel amazing. That's where the joy comes from.”
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“I have been here before in my head. To everyone else, it is my first Olympics. To me, it's my thousandth.”
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“I may have become a world champion quicker than most, but people should look at me and realise there are all kinds of ways to get where you want to go. Because we didn't plan it. We just did it.”
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“A perfect day for me would just be a day that goes the way I plan.”
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“I think its good to stimulate your mind.”
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“I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.”
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“When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.”
-- Mikaela ShiffrinSource : "Not My Job: Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. July 11, 2014.
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“I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the weekend I just get outside and get active - jog or bike ride, or play tennis with my mom.”
-- Mikaela ShiffrinSource : "How skier Mikaela Shiffrin conquered pull-ups, splotchy skin and more". Interview with Vidya Rao, www.today.com. January 11, 2014.
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“I remember skiing being a family recreational thing.”
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“You can create your own miracle, but you do it by never looking past all the little steps along the way.”
-- Mikaela Shiffrin
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