Mikaela Shiffrin : 'it's a lot of dedication. It's pretty much a 24/7 job.'

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympic champion and most successful alpine skier of all time. She discussed her latest accomplishment and her support of youth sports initiatives.
4:57 | 03/22/23

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Transcript for Mikaela Shiffrin : 'it's a lot of dedication. It's pretty much a 24/7 job.'
AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO USE. >> 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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