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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.

Bode Miller

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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Daughter Everyone Mom Mother
Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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Skiing Sometimes Winning
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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Comfort Driven Style
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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Consistently Differently Racing Shapes Slightly Team
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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Consequences Danger Racing
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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Afternoon Back Google Meter Season Story
If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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Unhappiness Unhappy Way
The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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People Should Three
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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Join Outcome Purpose Unwillingness
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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Different Enthusiasm Hopefully Important Inspiration
That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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Hard Loud Million People Shouting
Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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Better Clearly Person
One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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Equipment Kids Used
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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Fourth Mistake Podium Sports Winning
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Feelings Hundrsths Winning World

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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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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