Mikaela Shiffrin Quotes

When you win as an athlete that matters the most.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

All my life, I've been winning, ok?

Let's keep winning! I love to be exhausted on winning!

All that work you put in, it's so worth it to win a medal.

This is what you work for, putting all the other crap that you hear aside. Just being able to participate in a World Series is pretty much everything. But you do want to win!

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

Winning is a serious matter.

Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.

I had a great year and left my guts out on the field.

Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.

I haven't let the gold medal out of my sight; it sleeps next to me in bed.

I'm tired, but proud.

I feel very fortunate. I feel like an Olympian. When I watch the Olympics, I cry because I have been through that journey.

Yes, winning the gold medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career - mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning a major championship.

As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the world what you have and how proud you are of it, that's always fun.

The winners at the Olympics step up, bursting with pride, because everything that they have worked for and all their dedication is rewarded in a climax that I, and most golfers, will never experience.

It means a lot to be an Olympian. I'm obviously so grateful and feel so lucky I was able to achieve my dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.

It makes everything worth it; every weight that you lifted in the offseason, every swing that you took in the cage. When you feel like you came through for your team, and you see the joy on their faces, there's nothing like it.

The greatest feeling is coming away with a victory, seeing all of your hard work in training camp paying off. That's the best feeling.

I became a champion super-fast.

To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.

Winning a major, that's what everybody wants to do, and I worked my whole life to do it. And to realize that, it's incredible.

Winning the Diamond League with a personal record, it's like icing on the cake.