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.
BODE MILLERWhen 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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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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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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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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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