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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.

Bode Miller

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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Community Democracy Essence
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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Fun Mistake Regret
I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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Racing Skiing Sports
Once the season starts for me, there isn’t a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.
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Change Focus Sports Strategies
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.
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Challenge Obviously Proud Race Winning
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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Challenge Drunk Mean Touch Wasted
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
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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Fourth Mistake Podium Sports Winning
It is not that I don’t recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don’t fear the consequences.
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Consequences Danger Racing
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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Kids Little Running Ski Wife
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.
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Afternoon Back Google Meter Season Story
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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Fun Horse Journals Parallel Racing
Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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Legs Odd Skis
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Feelings Hundrsths Winning World
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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Athlete People Priorities
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.
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Careers Choosing Doors Fashion Partner Privilege

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