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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

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
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
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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Fun Horse Journals Parallel Racing
That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Feelings Hundrsths Winning World
I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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Comfort Driven Style
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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Challenge Obviously Proud Race Winning
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
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
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
You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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Emotional Levels Running
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
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
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
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
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

Athlete People Priorities

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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