72 Hermann Maier Quotes
This is a big joy for me
Those days are gone
Miller definitely has a chance here
I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy
He was a great skier, He was a perfect skier
I still have more to fight for in the coming years
I didn't expect it. I was totally surprised myself
One victory more or less doesn't make the difference for me now
I just took a little break there after a hard day's work
Today I felt in good shape. I'm very satisfied with my result

Hermann Maier quotes with pictures

It was fantastic in this weather condition. The snow is fantastic
I always seem to pick the right place and time to make it back
Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years
There is still room for improvement. I am hoping to be better for tomorrow
When you have won everything in your career, what's left? Why go on?
It's hard getting well again when you're doing something like this every day
To be on the podium is already a big achievement. But it's incredible to win this race
I knew I had to be absolutely at the limit or this course would beat me
It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City
I go into this week and the Olympics feeling good and sure of myself
Yesterday, I thought two victories would be good. Now I have it, so I'm happy
It's good to ski for fun, but I still want to win races as often as possible
I still have many goals left, especially the Overall World Cup standings
I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here
I lost races because I wanted too much to win them in beating my rivals
I'm having a good run at the right time and everything's coming together right now
I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year
Of course I am satisfied but then I missed gold twice with such narrow margins
This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again
I made too many mistakes and this is a course which is very similar to a downhill
It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same
That's not nice. It's not the perfect language. Maybe I'm pissed a little bit
Bronze is not bad, but luck has not been with me. Others have been super fit while I had the flu
Who's the best in the world. The Americans? It doesn't matter. Anyone can say they're the best
I was quite moved to see this huge crowd which attended the ceremony in the middle of the town
It was a very tough run today. The course was very bumpy. It was an adventure run for me
I hope that when the season really gets going in north America everything will be perfect again
I've raced a lot of races and it doesn't matter to me if I have one more race on Saturday or not
I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season
I was very glad to be able to take part in these Olympic Games, and I'm even happier to win a silver medal
I trained well this week but I think it will take some time until I recover my best rhythm in this specialty
I should have been more relaxed. I was very tight. I was very, very close to the victory and this makes me a little sad
Benji still has a lot in front of him and I have to try hard to stay with him. But I'll watch him and if he slows down I'll catch him
I can be happy with second place because it is always good to be on the podium but I am totally unhappy with the way I raced
Coming into the race I really had no idea how I would do and I certainly never thought that I could win again on such a difficult course
It's a fantastic win. It's always magic to win here in front of this crowd and on a course that holds so much energy and vibes
This rule must urgently be abolished. It makes everything not fun. At the start one already starts considering: where should I brake?
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
I like this hill. This is a very special hill for me. Every part, I had good times and the turn in the end is much like a downhill. I think I reached 80 mph
There are a lot of bumps out there. You have to ski very aerodynamically and there is always something coming at you. You must always be thinking
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
I feel I have a chance to win because I have solved the equipment problems that have hampered my performances since the start of the season
My hand got caught in the snow at the third gate. It's been a long time since my hand hit the snow like that. I guess that shows I was really attacking
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
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
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
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
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
I had a perfect setup with my skis for me. I am very satisfied. I had a great start to the season, winning the giant slalom and super-G and now the downhill. This is perfect timing. It was important to win here. It is a demanding and high-speed course and for my downhill confidence it was very important
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
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
If it's possible to do some charity, I'm always there, A lot of people, they are thinking that only in other countries there are problems, but we have people in need in Austria, too
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
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
It's a great feeling to be back at my second Olympics. To be here was my big goal. Now to win a medal is special to me. If you have success after you're injured, it's a wonderful feeling. It's wonderful to me to have fun with skiing and then to have big moments. It's very nice
That was truly brutal today. I haven't been challenged by a course like that in a long, long time. I was constantly at my limit. I was already tired by the second midway point. It was unbelievable
I just found it overpowering, I guess the tension at the start of the season is a lot more than you feel later on. It's also been five years since I last won a giant slalom so I was just overfilled with joy
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
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

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I never thought I could win again here on such a difficult course, which is why it means so much to me. I was not sure about coming here, how well I'd be skiing and able to handle it
It's also a lot harder to win in giant slalom now with so many skiers fighting so hard. So I don't think it's possible for me to even dream of having big winning sequences again
It's unbelievable, a medal in GS was so unexpected. Where I made the difference was in the first leg in the upper part and middle part, I really gave everything in the second run. But I'm still surprised by this