Born on February 26th

"I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion."

"One of my favorite snacks is Chobani yogurt with Bear Naked granola, because it has all the nutrients I need; it's all-natural, and it has a lot of protein."

"I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible."

"On the actual competition days, you get about three or four hours of physical exertion - between an hour-long warm-up, recovery in-between runs, the training runs, and then the runs themselves."

"Because we always have to wear a uniform to compete, my teammates and I look the exact same. My belt is the only accessory that I get to choose. I usually wear a yellow cloth belt with cherries or a leather belt with a beautiful tree buckle that I got at a thrift store."

"It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future."

"Unfortunately, my beauty regime is almost nonexistent when I am training."

"I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement."

"I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics."

"The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you."

"When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country."

"I'm a 27-year-old freshman, and returning to college after a seven-year break from high school was by far the hardest thing I've ever done in my life."

"When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating."

"It can be tough when you're on the road, but I think food is meant to be enjoyed, so whenever we go to a new place, we look for the specialty item there."

"I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola."

"An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was."

"I'm 23 years old and still wearing pigtails."

"I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking."

"In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself."

"I don't have any style icons, but I get inspiration from my friends. My style motto is that it is better to be overdressed than underdressed."

"Sometimes the best coaching advice you can get is simple acknowledgement that there's nothing else you could have done."

"To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better."

"How sweet it is!"

"If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it."

"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it."

"I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets."

"Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos."

"Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable."

"I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again."

"The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock."