I knew I was running out of air and I could feel that breathing was harder and harder, then unconsciousness.

I don't want people to be afraid of skiing because it's awfully fun. It's a darn good time. I really think you need to have a partner where you partner up and the two of you work it out where the top person watches the first person go down. That person stops and watches the other. And make sure they're nowhere near a tree.

Even to the point of drifting off and thinking, 'well, this is how it ends.' And that's exactly what I thought. This is how it ends. And I thought that's not a good way to end.

In these conditions you need to know where your partner is all the time.

Emma was huge for us. We were running quick plays and that's what it's going to take for us to win.

They were here for 90 percent of the summer getting their weight and running workouts. That's a reason why no one has missed a practice in terms of an injury or soreness. They always come in so healthy that it's helped us get that much further along.