Federica Brignone: “I work until I feel sick to grow”

The Italian champion: “I feel very lucky. Worried about quitting? On the one hand I want this life to end, because I want to do some more things before having a family”

The most sincere answer, the one in which Federica Brignone reveals her essence as a champion and we understand how at 34 years old – not a young girl, speaking of skiing – the Italian skier seems increasingly stronger, competitive and accomplished, is one and only one: «I can be bad with myself, very bad. I’m very hard on myself. For example, if I make a mistake in a morning of training, if I’m not happy with what I do on the track or I’m not satisfied with myself, in the afternoon I get to the gym and I say to myself: now I want to feel bad. That is: I want to train until I’m sick, destroy myself with training. I find it to be a “positive”, constructive way of thinking and acting, like when I go to the track and stay there until I do a thousand laps like I want. I get exhausted with work. I punish myself and recharge myself like this.”

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