I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
BODE MILLERYou feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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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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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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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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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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My daughter’s name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born.
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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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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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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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When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.
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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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 would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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