Hermann Maier's Quotes

Ski racing, especially downhill, is a dangerous activity and there are many accidents. It would be really too bad to lose everything because of a crash.

The crowd is wonderful. There is always a superb atmosphere in the finish area. It's good for the World Cup. I missed it a lot when I had to rest and it's so nice to be back here.

There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter.

When I was a child, all I wanted was to enter the Austrian team and to compete on the World Cup tour. I had to fight hard to reach this. I wanted badly to win each race.

I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy.

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.

I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings.

I still have more to fight for in the coming years.

I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.

I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town.

I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season.

I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here.

I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.

It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City.

It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same.

It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible.

One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now.

This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again.

When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on?