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"I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top."
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"Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne."
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"If you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen."
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"Always strive to get to the top in life because its usually crowded at the bottom."
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"When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up."
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"If the grass is greener on the other side, start watering your own."
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"I want to go after dreams that are destined to fail without diving intervention."
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"Ambition is greed without makeup."
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"Don't just raise the bar. Raise the roof."
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"The world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams."
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"...I say to you, without pleasure, that this son of ours will be a great man, because -- well -- because he is not very intelligent. He can see only one desire at a time. I said he tested his dreams; he will murder every dream with the implacable arrows of his will. This boy will win to every goal of his aiming; for he can realize no thought, no reason, but his own. And I am sorry for his coming greatness..."
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"For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder."
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"I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top."
Ambition

"There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter."
Pressure

"I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty."
Time

"I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum."
Motivational

"One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now."
Victory

"If I remain healthy, I can win more races, but I don't think so much about setting new records. I'm already proud to have become the leading Austrian World Cup racer."
Athleticism

"At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on."
Age

"It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same."
Fun

"I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings."
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