(409 quotes found)
“I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who tried to learn snowboarding.”
Dave Barry
“When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.”
Bode Miller
“If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.”
Eddie Izzard
“It's way beautiful. Mountains, eight rivers within five minutes of my house, six ski resorts, a lake, everything you might want to do with outdoor water sports and a desert to shoot guns and ride bikes. There's not a lot of support for rock'n'roll but it's getting better.”
Bert McCracken
“We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.”
David Hyde Pierce
“I'll get him drunk at high altitude. Or put a pair of skis on him.”
Nick Faldo
“Especially for snowboard cross, endurance is huge. All of us are strong athletes. Ski racers, in the downhill, do one run a day. We did six today, plus warm-up runs. Those are minute-30 [second] runs, so you need a lot of endurance to pull that off.”
Seth Wescott
“Just be careful, ... If you feel like you need to, wave to the lifeguards on the Jet Skis and they'll come get you.”
Chris Wood
“Ski Club Vail did a great deal to help in the athletic and character development of my three children but most specifically my daughter, Tiffany. She left the Club to join the U.S. Ski Team at a very young age and that might not have happened had it not been for the dedication of the coaches and the mentoring of Chip Woods, the director at the time.”
Alison Hoversten
“I'm not giving up because I never had it as a goal for myself. I'm here to ski, have fun every day, try to find the perfect turn, the perfect harmony. If I go out, I go out. Sometimes it (ticks) me of, sometimes I'm fine with it. But I'm looking for something that is beyond results.”
Anja Paerson
