When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
BODE MILLERIn 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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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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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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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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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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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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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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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 would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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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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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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