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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

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
When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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Easier Mistakes Sports
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
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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Change Focus Sports Strategies
I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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Racing Skiing Sports
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
Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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Legs Odd Skis
It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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Honestly Important Life Living My
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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Alone Kids Mountain School Thinking
I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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Pride Thinking Unique
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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Limping Years
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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Fun Mistake Regret
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
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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Kids Little Running Ski Wife
We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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Fun Kids Winning
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

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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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