Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.

Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you're proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.

Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.

The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.