Olympic Games Gold 2006 Turin Combined Gold 2014 Sochi Giant slalom World Championships Gold 2011 Garmisch Giant slalom Gold 2013 Schladming Super-G Gold 2013 Schladming Combined Gold 2013 Schladming Giant slalom Gold 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom Bronze 2009 Val d'Isère Giant slalom Bronze 2015 Beaver Creek Combined Junior World Ski Championships Silver 2004 Maribor Slalom Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is an American... Read full biography of 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... →
I've never liked the idea of working for other people.
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.
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.
A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.
I don't do ski racing to be famous.
I feel very confident in my skiing. I know I have a good chance to win any race I start.
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.
I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.
I'm fine with being a little bit of an instigator.
Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
Olympic Games Gold 2006 Turin Combined Gold 2014 Sochi Giant slalom World Championships Gold 2011 Garmisch Giant slalom Gold 2013 Schladming Super-G Gold 2013 Schladming Combined Gold 2013 Schladming Giant slalom Gold 2015 Beaver Creek Giant slalom Bronze 2009 Val d'Isère Giant slalom Bronze 2015 Beaver Creek Combined Junior World Ski Championships Silver 2004 Maribor Slalom Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is an American...