If I hadn't come East as a kid, I might still be a World Cup racer today, but I wouldn't be the same World Cup racer.
— Mikaela Shiffrin
My parents strapped a pair of plastic skis on my boots when I was two years old and sent me down our driveway in Vail. Of course, they were holding on to me the whole time, but that was my first experience 'skiing.'
A perfect day for me would just be a day that goes the way I plan.
When I was 3 years old, I thought I was very good at skiing.
When I'm in the starting gate, it's just me and the hill.
It rained a lot in New Hampshire, and when I skied, the snow was icy and hard, and the mountains were small.
My dream job has always been to be a ski racer.
I just - I fell in love with the sport when I started to ski gates. Once I was allowed to start training gates around 6 years old, then I really fell in love with it.
I remember skiing being a family recreational thing.
I'm not really seeing pressure as a negative.
I love traveling and seeing new things, learning the histories of different cultures. But I've always wanted to go to the Galapagos to see the giant turtles.
Dream big, but don't be upset if it doesn't happen.
Drama holds you back.
