Picabo Street Quotes

I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

Of course, I won't lie - I like to break records.

Being favorite counts for nothing. I am focusing on doing the best time of my life, whether or not it's the best in history or the best in the competition.

I thrive in competition. It feels good to improve timings and create records.

I used to go out there and think I've got to do this to help better the sport - I've got to go out there and run top five and try to win a race. Now I just go out there and do my best, and hopefully it settles it.

Every single time you compete, I don't care what it is, you want to perform the best you can, and I feel like I'm doing that.

You're competing against other guys because ultimately there's only one starter, and all of us want to be that guy at some point. That's the way I approach it. Control what I can control and just be the best I can be each day.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

I don't think about second or third place.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

Ayrton was our toughest rival. He would leave no stone unturned to get the utmost out of his car and his team.

If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

If you want to be in the top teams, you know you have competition in your place.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

Any competitor, I think, wants to be the best every time they're out there.

By 2002 we might be championship challengers. But I want to race fast. I want to become world champion myself.

Any race, I'm always going for the top step on the podium.

I want to win wherever I race, the team's invested a lot in me.