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Ted Ligety [1984-0] American

Rank: 104
Athlete, Alpine ski racer

Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety is an American alpine ski racer and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

Sports, Famous, Independence

Quote	Tags	Rank
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.	Sports	101
I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.	Sports	102
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.		103
I don't do ski racing to be famous.	Famous	104
I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.		105
I've never liked the idea of working for other people.		106
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.		107
I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.	Independence	108
There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.		109
I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.		110
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.		111
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.		112
A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.		113
Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.		114
Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.		115
I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.		116
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.		117

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