Ivanka Trump Quotes

I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs.

I'm pretty well-rounded. I can do most of my tricks left and right, in both directions. I try to be smooth and confident. But it's still developing. I'm still trying to find my own personal touch in the way I ski.

My dad is a phenomenal skier.

I didn't even ski halfpipe until I was 14 because the resort where I lived didn't have one. So it wasn't always my favorite event, but I grew into it.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.

I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.

I get this adrenaline rush from just going down the course and feeling like I made a really great turn and I'm going to do it again and again and again. That feeling can't be replaced, and that's the feeling I'm striving to get every time I go out there.

It was really tough to race the GS a day after the downhill, but that's over now. I'm looking forward for the rest of the season which is also quite interesting.

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

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.

Most people just see ski racing during the Olympics.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Downhillers are going over 110 miles per hour. But no matter what, you can't hit the fence at 100 miles per hour.

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.

I ski every three years or so. I don't have the ingrained confidence that others do, but I'll happily toddle about a green or blue run.

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

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

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

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

My best event is Super-G. I'm competitive in all my events, but Super-G has been most consistent for me.

The inclusion of slope style in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.

I can walk on my hands.

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.