The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
BODE MILLERMy 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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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 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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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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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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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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When 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?
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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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