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.
BODE MILLERWhen 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?
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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.
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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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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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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?
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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it’s different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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