Olympic Notebook: Ted Ligety's rise, Sarah Hendrickson's comeback

"It still makes me feel like a kid on Christmas. I remember being at my first Olympics in Salt Lake City, so excited to be representing team USA and dreaming

Sarah Hendrickson is trying to recover from major knee surgery so she can compete in Sochi :: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

"It still makes me feel like a kid on Christmas. I remember being at my first Olympics in Salt Lake City, so excited to be representing team USA and dreaming about the skier I want to become [The passing time] feels like the blink of an eye."