I can take $15,000 a year and raise kids on that. Later, they’ll figure out I’ve got millions, but hopefully they’ll have the values to say, ‘So what?
BODE MILLERWhen I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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Eventually I’d like to have a family. I’d like to not be limping around when I’m 50 years old.
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In some ways, that’s the story of my season – when I wasn’t making big mistakes, I was winning races and being on the podium. And when I made mistakes I was still fourth or fifth, just off the podium.
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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.
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The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else’s back. That’s the essence of community.
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Why don’t they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren’t necessarily mine. That’s the mistake people make.
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There’s been times when I’ve been in really tough shape at the top of the course. Talk about a hard challenge right there. I mean, if you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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People in the U.S. will watch anything if it’s put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what’s possible, more than anything.
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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It’s a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
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When you get old, it’s hard to tell what’s memory and what you’ve kind of created in your head as memory, you know?
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Some of them I probably would like. Some of my fans probably beat their wives or run over little kids and they just happen to watch me on TV and like the way I ski.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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I have an eight-year-old girl and she does have some appreciation for fashion, but she’s stuck in that.
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When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.
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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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The only mental games in ski racing is the mental game against yourself. Is the whole goal of life preserving your life as long as you can?
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People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right.
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