Ted Ligety

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.

A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.

I've never liked the idea of working for other people.

I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

I don't do ski racing to be famous.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

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.

It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time.

I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.