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.
BODE MILLERI was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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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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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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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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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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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 I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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