"My good health, coupled with joy of tobogganing and my desire to be the best, has helped me stay in professional sport for so long."
"I come from a long line of sportsmen."
"I took to the luge when I was very young, but I never imagined that it would become my passion. At 14, I was already competing on artificial tracks."
"I grew up on a farm, and I had good, natural South Tyrolean food."
