black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

Bode Miller

At the end of the day, you have to make sure you’re at least listening to what your head is telling you, what your heart is telling you.
BODE MILLER

Heart Listening People Telling
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.
BODE MILLER

Alone Kids Mountain School Thinking
It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
BODE MILLER

Honestly Important Life Living My
I would just fly off jumps and go 40 or 50 meters when I was 6 years old – break skis, smash my goggles and get a bloody nose and go crawl inside for a little while and then come back out and ski more in the afternoon.
BODE MILLER

Afternoon Back Google Meter Season Story
My daughter’s name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born.
BODE MILLER

Daughter Everyone Mom Mother
Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
BODE MILLER

Better Clearly Person
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 MILLER

Figures Kids Millions Values Years
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.
BODE MILLER

Anything People Sports Watches
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.
BODE MILLER

Fun Horse Journals Parallel Racing
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.
BODE MILLER

Fourth Mistake Podium Sports Winning
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.
BODE MILLER

Freedom Make Mitel People
At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door – or what matches up with your brand.
BODE MILLER

Careers Choosing Doors Fashion Partner Privilege
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
BODE MILLER

Feelings Hundrsths Winning World
I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.
BODE MILLER

Place Probably Sking Today
We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
BODE MILLER

Fun Kids Winning
I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
BODE MILLER

Racing Skiing Sports
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.
BODE MILLER

Challenge Drunk Mean Touch Wasted
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
BODE MILLER

Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
BODE MILLER

Judging Winning World
You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
BODE MILLER

Emotional Levels Running
I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
BODE MILLER

Pride Thinking Unique
Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
BODE MILLER

Legs Odd Skis
My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.
BODE MILLER

Consistently Differently Racing Shapes Slightly Team
Obviously, you always want to win, but you want to win by skiing a race that you’re proud of and you feel like you really challenged yourself and left it all out there.
BODE MILLER

Challenge Obviously Proud Race Winning
Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.
BODE MILLER

Believe Believing Challenge Constant Philosophy Something
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.
BODE MILLER

Athlete People Priorities
Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
BODE MILLER

Arousal Careers Issues

One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bode Miller Quotes