A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
BODE MILLEROne kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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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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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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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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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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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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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 way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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