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 MILLERAt 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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Join the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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.
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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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