- Now maybe I can take a leadership role for the other girls.
I have a lot of knowledge and experience and I hope to be involved in a small way even if I will not have the number tag on me, says 33-year-old Johaug to SVT Sport.
She sees helping Sweden to success on the ski tracks as a personal insult.
- Are you mad?
exclaims Johaug after that question.
Could long distance running be interesting to you?
- No, it's not something I have in mind.
Next year I will not spend time on long distance races but maybe I will want to jump in and run a race and have the number plate on me again, I can imagine that but there will be no investment.
Laughs at the comeback question
Will there be a comeback in the World Cup?
- We'll see, haha.
People make comebacks, don't they?
says Johaug first to SVT and then develops the reasoning for NRK.
At the press conference after the three-mile race on Saturday, Johaug revealed more about his future dreams.
- I want to be a mother in the future.
Life is more than just skiing.
Now I give myself plenty of time to start a family.
After four Olympic golds and 14 World Cup golds, Johaug has achieved a considerable amount of highlights during his career.
What was the biggest moment of your career?
- It has been a lot but the first international victory with the World Cup gold here in Kollen 2011 was big and it was also great to be able to finish as a winner in Beijing and take my first three individual Olympic golds that I have longed for so long.
These are probably the two biggest highlights of my career.
I can look back on a ski life that others can only dream of.
Had Therese Johaug in 2011 believed in a trip like this?
- I could not have believed it in my wildest imagination and it was fantastic to be able to finish in this way on the same date as 2011.