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.
BODE MILLERThe same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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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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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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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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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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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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