I Can Take $15,000 A Year And

I Went Through A Period At Boarding School When My Coaches Wanted Me To Switch To Snowboarding Because They Thought I Was No Good At Skiing. I Was Too Skinny. I Had Terrible Technique. They Were Saying I Should Be A Snowboarder, And Luckily, I Resisted.

I'm Still Having Fun And As Long As Skiing Is Enjoyable, I'm Going To Continue To Do It.

In Some Ways, That's The Story Of My Season - When I Wasn't Making Big Mistakes, I Was Winning Races And Being On The Podium. And When I Made Mistakes I Was Still Fourth Or Fifth, Just Off The Podium.

There's Been Times When I've Been In Really Tough Shape At The Top Of The Course. Talk About A Hard Challenge Right There. I Mean, If You Ever Tried To Ski When You're Wasted, It's Not Easy. Try And Ski A Slalom When … You Hit A Gate Less Than Every One A Second, So It's Risky, You Know. You're Putting Your Life At Risk There. It's Like Driving Drunk Only There's No Rules About It In Ski Racing.

I Had Crashes When I Was Small And Gumby-like That Would Have Killed Me Now. I Would Just Fly Off Jumps And Go 40 Or 50 Meters When I Was 6 Years Old - Break Skis, Smash My Goggles And Get A Bloody Nose And Go Crawl Inside For A Little While And Then Come Back Out And Ski More In The Afternoon.