We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
BODE MILLERJoin the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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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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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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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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Eventually I’d like to have a family. I’d like to not be limping around when I’m 50 years old.
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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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