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?
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.
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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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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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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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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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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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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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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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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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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else’s back. That’s the essence of community.
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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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