Quotes About Dedication

I am a full-time mom; that is my first job. The most important job ever. I started my business when he started school. When he is in school, I do my meetings, my sketches, and everything else. I cook him breakfast. Bring him to school. Pick him up. Prepare his lunch. I spend the afternoon with him.

I recently discovered that Karl Lagerfeld sketches every single design in the Chanel collections. This made me so happy. I know it seems obvious, that the head of a fashion house such as Chanel would do this, but it isn't always the way.

I'm born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

My dream job has always been to be a ski racer.

I want to prove to the skeptics that I'm not a clown. I'm very serious about what I do. I want to be a good ski jumper who has a sense of humor.

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

I don't do ski racing to be famous.

I ski fast for me, first and foremost, and I ski fast for my family, and it's always the love that gets me to the podium.

Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.

I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate.

People seemed to appreciate how much I wanted to pursue something I loved. They seemed to understand how much ski jumping meant to me.

My wife Santa is a fanatical skier, going to Klosters many times a year. To please her, I have for 12 years tried to ski, abseil, mountain-climb, para-scend, heli-ski, land-lauf, ice-skate, toboggan, luge, bobsleigh, yodel, gulp gluhwein, dunk bread in cheese fondue, or even walk in the mountains. I have failed at every one of these pursuits.

Winning the overall is a dream I've had since being a young skier. It's everyone's dream.

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

I don't want to leave skiing early. I want to feel like I've done everything I can do.

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.

I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.

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.

It's incredible in our sport how small the differences are, and we are all aware of that. We're all on a high level and skiing well, and at the end, it's just hundredths that count. Maybe it's just one finger or a hand can change the color of a medal.

Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.

I love doing my fitness drills and work on my skill level.

I love doing characters that challenge me. I'd love to do something that requires me to change physically or learn a skill.