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I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.

Bode Miller

You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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Emotional Levels Running
A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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Adrenaline Huge Lows
I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.
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Place Probably Sking Today
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
I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Crashing Greatest Mistake Time
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
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
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
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
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
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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Athlete People Priorities
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
Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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Arousal Careers Issues
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
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

I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.

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