Ted Ligety Quotes & Sayings

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer. — Ted Ligety

I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator. — Ted Ligety

If you're having fun doing what you're doing, you're gonna really want to work hard at it. — Ted Ligety

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies. — Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion. — Ted Ligety

I've never liked the idea of working for other people. — Ted Ligety

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. — Ted Ligety

A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick. — Ted Ligety

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

It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time. — Ted Ligety

I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me. — Ted Ligety

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. — Ted Ligety

One of the cool things about ski racing is there is never a perfect run so it's hard to be satisfied in that sense, you can always go that extra step, i don't think any of us have the realistic goal of having the perfect run. Ski racing is the most variable sport out there, conditions change run-to-run, we only get one chance at it and the margin for error is tiny. — Ted Ligety

It's my first Olympics, I'm very young. It's incredible. — Ted Ligety

I was skiing fast in training, but that really doesn't count for anything until you actually do it in a race. So to finally get to prove how fast you are skiing is an added bonus that goes along with winning the first race of the year. Any race win is a good win. I don't really care where it is. I've been on the podium a bunch of times here, but it's always good for your confidence to start off the year with a victory. — Ted Ligety

Something I still work on today is ankle flexion - ankle pressure in your boots. There is no way to turn or have your skis carve unless you're going down the hill leaning forward, and that puts you in a good athletic position to do whatever you want to do on your skis - make quick turns, make long turns, or absorb bumps. — Ted Ligety

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity. — Ted Ligety

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win. — Ted Ligety

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for. — Ted Ligety

I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product. — Ted Ligety

You've just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you've got. — Ted Ligety

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past. — Ted Ligety

I don't do ski racing to be famous. — Ted Ligety