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.
BODE MILLERWhen you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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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.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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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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The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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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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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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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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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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