Transcript for Mikaela Shiffrin : 'it's a lot of dedication. It's pretty much a 24/7 job.'
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>> SHE IS A DOUBLE OLYMPIC
CHAMPION AND SEVEN TIME
WORLD CHAMPION.
>> SHE HAS 88 WORLD CUP
VICTORIES ACROSS THE SIX
DISCIPLINES AND IS THE ONLY
ATHLETE TO WIN IN ALL SIX .
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON .
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN IS TAKING HER
MAJOR WINS AND HELPING TO BOOST
THE EXCITEMENT AROUND WOMEN'S
SKI RACING IN THE PROCESS.
SHE IS HERE NOW TO TALK ABOUT
HER CAREER AND YET ANOTHER
ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT SHE'S NOW
CELEBRATING WITH .
>> KAYLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND CONGRATULATIONS.
Q SO OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN
TRACKING YOUR CAREER EARLIER
THIS MONTH, BECAME
THE WINNINGEST ALPINE SKIER OF
ALL TIME AT THE WORLD CUP,
ONLY TWENTY EIGHT YEARS OLD.
WHAT IS THAT MOMENT LIKE?
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRANGE
BECAUSE IT'S YEAH, IT'S
WITH SOME OF YOUR ENTIRE CAREER
AND OF COURSE, I'M NOT I'M NOT
FINISHED.
BUT MY ENTIRE CAREER TO DATE
SUMMED UP WITH EIGHTY
EIGHT VICTORIES, WHICH I MEAN,
IT ALL CAME TOGETHER IN
THE BLINK OF AN EYE WHEN
I CROSSED THE FINISH LINE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH
ACTUALLY FOR IS TOO MUCH
TO PROCESS.
>> I DON'T REALLY EVEN TRY
TO LET IT SINK IN BECAUSE IT
REALLY I MEAN, IT'S BEEN
12 YEARS SINCE I STARTED RACING
WORLD CUP.
THIS THIS RACE WAS TEN YEARS
TO THE DAY OF MY FIRST VICTORY.
IN THE SAME LOCATION.
DO YOU STILL LOVE IT?
I DO.
STILL OF IT.
I MEAN, AT THIS POINT IS THE
ONLY REASON I'M DOING IT.
THE ONLY AS I'M DOING IT.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LOVE IT,
THEN IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT
REALLY WORTH IT.
BUT I LOVE THE FEELING OF
SKIING WHEN I'M SKIING.
WELL, IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE WHEN
YOU HAVE A DREAM JUST A MOMENT
BEFORE YOU DREAM THAT
YOU'RE FALLING.
THERE'S A MOMENT WHERE
YOU'RE LIKE FLOATING AND THAT'S
THE FEELING.
IT'S JUST IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
AND I WISH MORE PEOPLE GOT
TO GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT
ACTUALLY .
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
BEEN TRAINING YOUR WHOLE LIFE,
BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO REALLY
COMPETE AT THIS LEVEL AND NOT
JUST COMPETE, BUT BUT EXCEL
AND BE THE BEST?
IT'S IT'S YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF
DEDICATION.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH IT'S A TWENTY
FOUR SEVEN JOB PRETTY MUCH
EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN, EVEN WHEN WE GET TIME
OFF, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING
TO HAVE A LITTLE BREAK AND GO
ON VACATION IN MAY AND I'M
STILL GOING TO BE IN THE GYM
EVERY SINGLE DAY GETTING
MY WORKOUTS IN AND AT NOT.
YOU CAN'T REALLY YOU CAN'T EVER
LET YOURSELF GO BECAUSE
THE SPORT IS TOO PHYSICALLY
DEMANDING TO BE ABLE TO GET
BACK AND YOU NEED TO BE READY
TO GO.
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR LATEST
ENDEAVOR WITH SERVING
UNDERSERVED YOUTH IN SPORTS .
>> YEAH, SO A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO WITH THE US SKI
AND SNOWBOARD ORGANIZATION,
I STARTED THE JSA R.F. IN HONOR
OF MY DAD AND IN ORDER TO HELP
US SKI AND SNOWBOARD ATHLETES
KIND OF WEATHER THE STORM
THROUGH THE COVID PERIOD.
AND ONE OF MY ULTIMATE GOALS
IS TO CREATE KIND OF A BRANCH
OF THIS THAT WOULD.
YEAH, BRANCH OUT AND ACTUALLY
HELP UNDERSERVED YOUTH GET INTO
SPORTS .
AND WITH THE IDEA THAT
ESPECIALLY THESE LAST FEW
YEARS, THE NEXT GENERATION OF
OF KIDS COMING COMING INTO
OUR WORLD, OUR NEXT
WORLD LEADERS, OUR NEXT
ATHLETES ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE
WANT TO EXCEL IN THE WORLD
AND LEAD US INTO A BETTER
FUTURE.
>> HAVE HAD TWO TO THREE YEARS
OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL
UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND SPORTS
AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REALLY
ON EVERY LEVEL.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR VISION.
WE CAN TELL THAT YOUR HEART
IS INTO IT.
DO YOU HAVE A VISION BOARD FOR
YOURSELF?
LIKE AFTER YOU DO YOU CHECK OFF
ALL THE WINS AND NOW IS THERE
LIKE THAT NEXT CAREER GOAL?
I DON'T NOT IN SO MANY WORDS,
BUT I I'VE STARTED TO THIS THIS
SEASON.
I STARTED A JOURNAL THAT WAS
JUST KIND OF LIKE FALLING IDEAS
THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING
A LOT ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY
GOING HAND IN HAND WITH WINNING
THE EIGHTY SEVENTH RACE
AND RESETTING THAT RECORD .
AND I, I WANT IT TO MEAN
MORE THAN JUST A RECORD LIKE
NOT JUST A RECORD.
THAT MEANS A LOT, BUT IT'S, IT
MEANS SOMETHING IN THE SKI
RACING WORLD .
>> AND I WOULD I DON'T KNOW,
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
MORE MEANINGFUL AND MAYBE
THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S ACTUALLY A
SELFISH THING TO THINK THAT
I COULD MAKE IT MORE THAN IT
IS .
BUT I THINK SO.
IT'S A IT'S A SCARY THING.
IT'S GIVEN ME SO MUCH IN
MY LIFE AND I, I WANT TO USE
THAT FOR FOR SOMETHING BEYOND
JUST MYSELF.
MIKAELA SHIFFRIN, HOW ADMIRABLE
.
AND WE ARE JUST CONTINUE TO BE
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