Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I wanted kids to know that it's cool to be in a ski race in the morning and to go play in the terrain park in the afternoon. It's not one or the other.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I've never liked the idea of working for other people.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I don't do ski racing to be famous.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

It's the nature of the beast, playing sports on the ski team and how competitive all of us are. I want to beat everybody's time.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I'm very involved in Shred, constantly checking in on something. It takes a lot of time. But it has let me leverage who I am as an athlete into a product.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

When I grew up, I had a lot of fun ski racing with my friends. We pushed each other, and this made it easier to work hard.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety

I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.