Mikaela Shiffrin Quotes

I always practice, even on the cat tracks or in those interstitial periods. My dad says, 'Even when you're just stopping, be sure to do it right, maintaining a good position, with counter-rotational force.' These are the kinds of things my dad says, and I'm like, 'Shut up.'

I'd encourage anyone at any level to take lessons, as it really can turn you into a different kind of skier.

Skiing is always so huge, you need so many talents to be fast and be good at this sport.

The Olympics are what I work for. They're why I spend so much time in the gym.

I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.

You only get so much time to do something that you enjoy or love to do. If you can continue doing it, you might as well, because I don't want to live in regret. I don't want to be the person sitting behind a desk, wondering, 'Did I do it right, did I finish it off, did I really give it my all?'

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.

The truth is, the sport of skiing takes so much effort, setting up and traveling with equipment, that you can only train for a certain number of days in the summer. Most of my peers ski between 40 to 60 days. I ski about 55 days.

I would rather do a project that I've invested so much time to, rather than try to get a part on another show.

My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

I started in law school in '71 and graduated in '74. So I was training for the Olympics, running or averaging around 20 miles a day and going to law school full time.

It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible.

As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.

I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that.

I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.

Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.

If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn.

The thing you have to understand is that there are only so many things you can do in a year. There are only so many days in a year. There is only so much time you can set aside for certain projects.