Skiing Quotes by Ted Ligety

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

— Ted Ligety

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…

— Ted Ligety

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

— Ted Ligety

When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier…

— Ted Ligety

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

— Ted Ligety

Something I still work on today is ankle flexion—ankle pressure in your boots. There is no way to turn or have your skis carve…

— Ted Ligety

I was skiing fast in training, but that really doesn't count for anything until you actually do it in a race. So to finally…

— Ted Ligety

If you're having fun doing what you're doing, you're gonna really want to work hard at it.

— Ted Ligety

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

— Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if…

— Ted Ligety

I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I…

— Ted Ligety

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

— Ted Ligety

It's my first Olympics, I'm very young. It's incredible.

— Ted Ligety

I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

— Ted Ligety

One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense,…

— Ted Ligety