Mikaela Shiffrin

I like it when hard work pays off.

Out on the hill under the helmet, nobody sees your face or hair, but then you take it off, and they do - that's the part I'm nervous about.

When I'm in the starting gate, it's just me and the hill.

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.