In alpine ski racing, it’s always a battle to maintain a positive and competitive mindset. Self-doubt can creep in easily, and sometimes laziness can too. Therefore, it’s imperative to constantly seek encouragement, improvement, mentorship, and inspiration. Here were at Arctica Race present you a list of 27 inspiring quotes from ski racers.
1. “When you fall, get right back up.”-Lindsey Vonn
2. “It’s good to ski for fun, but I also want to win as many races as possible.”-Hermann Maier
3. “Sometimes it’s all about the win…sometimes’s it’s about the skiing!”-Bode Miller
4. “I feel like, with ski racing, you need to have a short memory. You crash all the time, and sometimes it’s a really bad one. But sometimes it’s not so bad.”- Lindsey Vonn
5. “We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, ‘Don’t worry about winning’: If you win I’ll get you ice cream, but if you lose I’m going to pout in the car.”-Bode Miller
6. “I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.”-Bode Miller
7. “Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you’re proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.”-Bode Miller
8. “It’s not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top.”-Bode Miller
9. “When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.”-Bode Miller
10. “It’s to be expected. If you’re the best, you deserve the most attention for what you’re doing.”-Ted Ligety
11. “You’ve just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you’ve got.”-Ted Ligety
13. “It is still about the process of a ski race. No matter what else was happening, I kept thinking that I had to keep my skis moving down the hill. Keep going, don’t quit, don’t stop.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
15. “I believe there is always a faster way to do things. Whether it’s learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
16. “I will want to win. But the result of the race will not motivate me. I can honestly say that I am motivated by improvement, not results. That’s a core principle.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
17. “I’m no superhero, and how I got here is a crazy path that probably could not be replicated. But it doesn’t have to be replicated. I may have become a world champion quicker than most, but people should look at me and realize there are all kinds of ways to get where you want to go. Because we didn’t plan it. We just did it.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
18. “It’s a good lesson that no matter how good you are, you can’t take your foot off the gas. We’re all here to inspire the rest of the world with our sport, and that’s exactly what I’m planning to do.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
19. “If I don’t win, it’s because of something I did with my skiing, and if I do win it’s because of something I did with my skiing.”-Mikaela Shiffrin
21. “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.”-Lindsey Vonn
22. “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.”-Lindsey Vonn
23. “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.”-Lindsey Vonn
24. “I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing – my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.”-Lindsey Vonn
25. “It’s sexy and beautiful to be strong.”-Lindsey Vonn
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26. “I have a race routine. I have a team of people helping me. I have winning habits. I believe in myself. I have balance in my life.”-Lindsey Vonn
27. “I don’t want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I’ve done everything I can do.”-Lindsey Vonn
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