Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
BODE MILLERPeople 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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People in the U.S. will watch anything if it’s put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what’s possible, more than anything.
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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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