You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
BODE MILLERThere’s been times when I’ve been in really tough shape at the top of the course. Talk about a hard challenge right there. I mean, if you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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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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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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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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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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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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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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