Hermann Maier Quotes

• 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

  Motivational, Pain, Athlete

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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

  Motivational, Past, Momentum

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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

  Attitude, Racing, Pressure

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

  Hermann Maier

  Careers, Goes On, Left

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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

  Stars, Children, Team

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

  Hermann Maier

  Winning, Race, Rivals

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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

  Thinking, Week, Rhythm

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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

  Lakes, Years, Cities

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

  Hermann Maier

  Goal, World, Cups

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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

  Strong, Winning, Would Be

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

  Hermann Maier

  Fighting, Years, Stills

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

  Hermann Maier

  Winning, Very Happy, Ifs

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• Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

  Hermann Maier

  Years, Idols

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

  Hermann Maier

  Champion, Groups

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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

  Nice, Atmosphere, World

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

  Hermann Maier

  Fun, Winning, Race

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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

  Winning, Thinking, Race

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

  Hermann Maier

  Careers, Lakes, Cities

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

  Hermann Maier

  Skiers, Stills, Elegant

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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

  Aerospace, Race, Interesting

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

  Hermann Maier

  Differences, Victory

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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

  Attitude, Thinking, Careers

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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

  Fighting, Snow, Perfect

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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

  Life, Baby, Training

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