Lindsey Vonn

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.

Vail's a very important place for me. Everyone kind of took me in and accepted me in that town, and they still have to this day. I wouldn't be a downhill skier if I hadn't been there.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy.