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?
BODE MILLERIf you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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 have an eight-year-old girl and she does have some appreciation for fashion, but she’s stuck in that.
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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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 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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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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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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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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Some of them I probably would like. Some of my fans probably beat their wives or run over little kids and they just happen to watch me on TV and like the way I ski.
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