The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
BODE MILLERThere’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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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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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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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 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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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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