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.
BODE MILLERI 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?
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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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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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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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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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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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