Elana Meyers Quotes

It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting.

In the past it sometimes took me two or three rounds to get the adrenaline rush.

I think that was the scariest part about bobsled, is when you just don't know what's happening, you don't know where you are on the track, you don't know when it's going to be over, and you don't know what it's supposed to feel like.

When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero.

Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

I love racing and I love doing well.

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

When drivers are going at their best, trying their hardest, taking chances and doing amazing things, that's what fans love.

There is always the excitement of running races.

Bobsledding is like sprinting with NASCAR. You get to push these 400-pound sleds as fast as you can down a hill and hop in. How could you not enjoy that?

I like it when my heart's pounding and I'm sweating and I'm nervous.

I love to be nervous.

Fear is excitement without the breath.

Fear is excitement without breath.

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

It was a pretty wild ride. The race wasn't bad, but qualifying would take your breath.

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.

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.

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

Fear is exciting for me.

The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

I just feel rejuvenated in such a big way because of these race cars I get to drive.

I love to ski and drive fast cars and the thrill of exciting things.