Quotes from Chloe Kim

I freak out when I see a spider. I was doing an interview once, and there was this really big, furry spider crawling up the tripod, and I was like, 'I can't do this!'

I always have fun on the mountain, so it's always nice to go back out there and do what I love.

I genuinely only want to work with people that I agree with on certain things. There were many sponsors I didn't want to work with because I didn't agree with their messages that they wanted to use me to convey.

I love working with sponsors.

I just say, 'Never give up.'

Being in a class with kids, meeting new people, and borrowing notes from other students - I've never done that before. I've always had to fend for myself.

Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.

Hopefully I get to do more than one Olympics in my lifetime.

Just going to the Olympics would be a dream come true. I could finish last, and it would still be an amazing experience.

To me, the Olympics are very important, obviously, but it's not something that I'm gonna change everything for.

I feel like I have this different opportunity that not a lot of athletes may have. It's the fact that I'm Korean-American, and the Olympics are going to be in Korea, but I'm also riding for the States. I feel like I got really lucky that it got all pieced together - my first Olympics, being in Korea where most of my family is.

It's not like I was just dropped onto a snowboard and I was able to go 15 feet into the air. There was a lot of hard work that came with it. That's something that people don't really notice sometimes and the amount of sacrifice my family made.

I definitely, when I was younger, struggled a little to understand my identity and who I wanted to be.

I'm a dragon.

My mom wouldn't let me dye my hair for the longest time.