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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

Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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Legs Odd Skis
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
Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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Better Clearly Person
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 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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Figures Kids Millions Values Years
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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Heart Listening People Telling
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
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
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 same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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People Should Three
One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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Equipment Kids Used
I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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Racing Skiing Sports
Why don’t they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren’t necessarily mine. That’s the mistake people make.
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Freedom Make Mitel People
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
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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Challenge Drunk Mean Touch Wasted
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
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
Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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Hard Party Sometimes Train
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Feelings Hundrsths Winning World
If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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Unhappiness Unhappy Way
I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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Comfort Driven Style
At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door – or what matches up with your brand.
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Careers Choosing Doors Fashion Partner Privilege
When you get old, it’s hard to tell what’s memory and what you’ve kind of created in your head as memory, you know?
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Kind Knows Memories
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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Anything People Sports Watches
The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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Judging Winning World
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
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

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