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Mikaela Shiffrin Quotes
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Mikaela Shiffrin
American
Athlete
Born:
Mar 13
,
1995
Day
Me
People
Think
Time
You
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Here's the thing. You can't get ten thousand hours of skiing. You spend so much time on the chairlift. My coach did a calculation of how many hours I've been on snow. We'd been overestimating. I think we came up with something like eleven total hours of skiing on snow a year. It's, like, seven minutes a day.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Time
Day
You
Year
Think
Seven
Spend
Thousand
Total
Minutes
Something
Ten
Like
Calculation
Hours
How
Came
Been
Up
Get
Snow
Did
So Much Time
Much
Skiing
Coach
Many
Eleven
Thing
Here
I rely on breakfast to give me a kickstart of energy in the morning, so I choose my foods accordingly.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Morning
Me
Breakfast
Energy
Give
Give Me
Rely
Foods
Accordingly
Choose
I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Love
Learning
New Things
Giant
See
Seeing
New
Always
Go
Cultures
Histories
Different
Wanted
Different Cultures
Traveling
Things
I'm not really seeing pressure as a negative.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Negative
Pressure
Seeing
Really
Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Life
You
Valuable
Those
Throw
Come
Off
Up
Expect
Racing
Really
Skills
Cope
Things
Adapt
People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Me
People
Think
Unless
Tell
About
Someone
Life-Changing
Except
Ask
Even
Medal
Event
Olympic
Olympic Medal
Drama holds you back.
Mikaela Shiffrin
You
Drama
Back
Holds
When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Good
Old
Thought
Years
Very
Skiing
My dream job has always been to be a ski racer.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Job
Dream
Always
Been
Racer
Ski
I don't really have time or interest in doing a lot of the crazy things that some of my teenage peers do, mostly because I have such a hectic life that I don't need to add to that chaos by creating my own teenage drama like a lot of teenagers do.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Life
Time
Crazy
Own
Add
Teenage
Drama
Teenagers
Chaos
Peers
Some
My Own
Like
Mostly
Because
Doing
Lot
Hectic
Interest
Crazy Things
Really
Creating
Things
Need
I have never limited myself by focusing much on being a 'normal' teenager.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Myself
Teenager
Focusing
Never
Limited
Normal
Being
Much
One of the biggest misconceptions is that carbs are bad. It's a fad right now. Full disclosure: I'm sponsored by Barilla. But I've always been free about saying I love carbs, including pasta, in moderation.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Love
Saying
Free
Bad
About
Misconceptions
Fad
Sponsored
Disclosure
Always
Been
Pasta
Moderation
Biggest
Full
Including
Now
Carbs
Right
The harsh cold and windburn from hours of skiing does a lot of damage to my skin, so I try to keep my skin as moisturized as possible.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Try
Skin
Cold
Harsh
Possible
Hours
Does
Lot
Skiing
Keep
Damage
I have some really lofty goals that don't even scratch upon the Olympics.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Goals
Lofty
Some
Scratch
Really
Even
Olympics
I think it's good to stimulate your mind.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Good
Mind
Think
Stimulate
Your
I was lucky enough that my parents knew about World Cup skiing, so since I was really little, we were watching World Cup winning runs.
Mikaela Shiffrin
World
Parents
Enough
Runs
About
Winning
Knew
Since
Were
Cup
Little
Skiing
Really
Lucky
World Cup
Watching
I've always wanted to do things as fast as possible.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Possible
Always
Wanted
Fast
Things
During the season, one of the most important things to eat is the carbs. Protein's really important, too, but it's the carbs that are important because I have to consistently refuel for the next day.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Day
Important
Important Things
Too
Consistently
Eat
Most
Protein
Because
The Most Important
Really
Next
Season
Carbs
Things
It's hard to find someone who is really genuinely happy for you if you are having success and they're not.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Success
You
Happy
Find
Someone
Having
Genuinely
Really
Hard
Who
You have to have the brain to conceptualize technique and apply it to your body.
Mikaela Shiffrin
You
Brain
Body
Your
Your Body
Technique
Apply
I've had a lot of people tell me, 'Yeah, sure, you're good at slalom, but wait till you get to the real events like downhill or super-G.' I don't like hearing that.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Good
Me
You
People
Events
Wait
Tell
Had
Like
Sure
Till
Real
Yeah
Hearing
Lot
Get
Downhill
If I leave any legacy behind, it's just the idea, just the theory that you admit to your ambitions, and you don't let people tell you you're wrong to have those ambitions.
Mikaela Shiffrin
You
People
Ambition
Those
Tell
Admit
Wrong
Idea
Leave
Legacy
Any
Behind
Just
Your
Theory
When I get back on snow, it's almost like I travel back in time to that feeling I used to have. That youthful, 6-year-old, 'nothing else matters,' 'you're sort of the center of the universe' kind of a feeling.
Mikaela Shiffrin
Time
You
Travel
Feeling
Matters
Nothing
Universe
Else
Back
Kind
Almost
Like
Sort
Get
Snow
Center
Used
Youthful
If you don't think it's possible to win five golds, go talk to Michael Phelps.
Mikaela Shiffrin
You
Win
Think
Possible
Talk
Go
Michael
Five
One thing I've learned from winning an Olympic medal is that it's really exhausting.
Mikaela Shiffrin
One Thing
Winning
Learned
Exhausting
Really
Medal
Thing
Olympic
Olympic Medal
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