Hermann Maier

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.

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.

It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

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.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.