Looking for a little something to keep you going on the race hill? Here are some inspiring words from Lindsey Vonn.

1. “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

2. “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

3. “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

 

4. “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

5. “It’s sexy and beautiful to be strong.”-Lindsey Vonn

 

6. “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

7. “I don’t want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I’ve done everything I can do.”-Lindsey Vonn

 

8. “When you’re young, you develop ways to win, and you think they will always work, but then you get to the top, competing against the other top athletes, and sometimes things don’t work.”-Lindsey Vonn

9. “It’s hard to give tips to skiers if I don’t know how they ski, but I think the most important thing in skiing is you have to be having fun. If you’re having fun, then everything else will come easy to you.”-Lindsey Vonn

10. “I love skiing fast. You’re going 80 to 85 m.p.h. down an icy slope, and I love it.”-Lindsey Vonn

11. “I get up early, but it doesn’t mean I like getting up early.”-Lindsey Vonn

 

12. “I take risks – that’s my life on the slopes and off.”-Lindsey Vonn

13. “I’m never tired of winning, and I’m never tired of skiing.”-Lindsey Vonn

14. “You are only limited to what you push yourself to, you know? You can always get better.”-Lindsey Vonn

15. “You have to be a little crazy to be a downhill skier.”-Lindsey Vonn