Ted Ligety quotes

“Something I still work on today is ankle flexion—ankle pressure in your boots. There is no way to turn or have your skis carve unless you’re going down the hill leaning forward, and that puts you in a good athletic position to do whatever you want to do on your skis—make quick turns, make long turns, or absorb bumps.”
-- Ted Ligety

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“You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got.”
-- Ted Ligety

Source : "Ligety Strikes U.S. Olympic Gold". www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2006.

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“It's my first Olympics, I'm very young. It's incredible.”
-- Ted Ligety

#Firsts Quotes #Olympics Quotes #Incredibles Quotes

“I was skiing fast in training, but that really doesn't count for anything until you actually do it in a race. So to finally get to prove how fast you are skiing is an added bonus that goes along with winning the first race of the year. Any race win is a good win. I don't really care where it is. I've been on the podium a bunch of times here, but it's always good for your confidence to start off the year with a victory.”
-- Ted Ligety

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“If you're having fun doing what you're doing, you're gonna really want to work hard at it.”
-- Ted Ligety

#Fun Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Want Quotes

“One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny.”
-- Ted Ligety

#Change Quotes #Sports Quotes #Running Quotes

“Tell me not here, it needs not saying, What tune the enchantress plays In aftermaths of soft September Or under blanching mays, For she and I were long acquainted And I knew all her ways.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics

“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”

“I'm an athletic actor. I'm known for my action; I'm a guy who does my own stunts on screen.”

“Of all athletic forms, running is perhaps the most taxing and the most exciting; that is, when carried to the extreme.”

“Remember that you can pray any time, anywhere. Washing dishes, digging ditches, working in the office, in the shop, on the athletic field, even in prison - you can pray and know God hears!”

“In the past five weeks I've trained hard, trying to get my ankle back to where I want it to be”

“I'm 5 feet 7 but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9”

“Cheat me not with time, with the dull ache of flesh, for all flesh turns, even the loveliest ankle and frail thigh, to bitterest dust.”

“All I see are ankles and wrists--and FYI, you're pulling a Mileyfrickin'-Cyrus with that belly flash. Not attractive.”

“Peter Weir has just shrugged off an ankle injury”