Quotes by Hermann Maier - Page 1

I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Ifs
Very Happy
Winning
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I still have more to fight for in the coming years.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Fighting
Stills
Years
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Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Idols
Years
Younger
Idol
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One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Differences
Victory
More Or Less
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When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on?
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Careers
Goes On
Left
Won
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I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Race
Rivals
Winning
Beating
Races
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I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Champion
Groups
Belong
Champions
Excelled
Group
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I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Cups
Goal
Left
World
World Cup
Cup
Overall
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This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Crash
Easier
Stood
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I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Next Year
Olympic
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It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Fun
Race
Winning
Races
Ski
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It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Elegant
Skiers
Stills
Skier
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It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Careers
Cities
Lakes
Organize
Salt
Salt Lake City
Lake
Remain
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I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Ceremony
Moved
Attended
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I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Japan
Momentum
Giant
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I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Rhythm
Specialty
Thinking
Week
Best Time Will
Recover
Trained
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Being famous hasn't made my life any easier. Every minute I'm dealing with the baby-sitters is one more minute I'm not training.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Life
Baby
Training
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For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Fighting
Harder
Icy
Perfect
Snow
Wet
Downhill
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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.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Accidents
Activity
Crash
Racing
Downhill
Ski
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It was really tough to race the GS a day after the downhill, but that's over now. I'm looking forward for the rest of the season which is also quite interesting.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Aerospace
Interesting
Looking Forward
Race
Downhill
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I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Cities
Lakes
Olympics
Salt
Salt Lake City
Years
Competitive
Lake
Planned
Remain
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My attitude on skis is different now. I have learned to put less pressure on myself and on the edges of my skis when I'm racing, to be keep myself more under control.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Attitude
Edges
Pressure
Racing
Ski
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If I remain healthy, I can win more races, but I don't think so much about setting new records. I'm already proud to have become the leading Austrian World Cup racer.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Race
Records
Setting
Thinking
Winning
World Cup
Cup
Leading
Racer
Races
Remain
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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.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Children
Stars
Team
World Cup
Badly
Compete
Cup
Tour
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I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Motivational
Momentum
Motivated
Past
Sat
Seasons
Trainers
Check
Good Me Past
Good Shape
Shape
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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.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Atmosphere
Nice
Superb
World
World Cup
Good Always World
Cup
Good World Rest
Good World Always
Finish
Missed
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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.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
No Pressure
Pressure
Target
Winter
Overall
Ski
Title
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I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a skier. I also aim to collect several smaller crystal trophies at Are, especially the GS Cup.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Aim
Remains
Strong
Summit
Trophies
Winning
Would Be
Collect
Crystal
Several
Skier
Smaller
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As the time goes by, you change, your learn new things, your attitude is different. For the moment, I'm still enjoying ski racing so much that it would be difficult for me to think about ending my career.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Attitude
Careers
Different
New Things
Racing
Thinking
Time Goes By
Attitude Time Change
Career
Attitude Change Time
Ending
Enjoying
Still
Goes
Learn
Moment
Ski
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At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on.
Hermann Maier / Alpine Skier
Motivational
Athlete
Pain
Pressure
Verify
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