It was necessary to organize my career to remain at the top level until Salt Lake City.

I planned to stop in 2002 after the Salt Lake City Olympics. I felt able to remain competitive another four years, and I wanted to stop while I'm still at the top.

[After the race, Maier praised the skier he had passed on the career list, Alberto Tomba of Italy.] He was a great skier, ... He was a perfect skier.

We had 34 podium finishes in Salt Lake City and 75 top-eight finishes. We expect this team to do very well. We're not going to predict how many medals we might win in these games.

I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here.

If I remain healthy, I can win more races, but I don't think so much about setting new records. I'm already proud to have become the leading Austrian World Cup racer.