26 Quotes About Skiing

I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.

The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.

Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.

The sensation of mentally awakening while your feet are moving you through the crisp dark morning air is hard to describe. It's like pulling down the covers after a night of sleep and discovering your bed is a sled careening down a ski slope.

In the nineteenth century, Fritjof Nansen wrote that skiing washes civilization clean from our minds by dint of its exhilarating physicality. By extension, I believe that snow helps strip away the things that don't matter. It leaves us thinking of little else but the greatness of nature, the place of our souls within it, and the dazzling whiteness that lies ahead.

She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero in that kind of snow.

It is not over. Champions extend their limits and make things happen.

Champions never sleep, the eternal spirit keep them alert and awake.

Most moderately active children – as long as they have full stomachs – cope well with exotic experiences, but parents should get fit for their trip. Young children will expect their parents to be All Powerful so they would be wise to prepare properly and arrive with toned quads or they might not keep up on the slopes.