When you get old, it’s hard to tell what’s memory and what you’ve kind of created in your head as memory, you know?
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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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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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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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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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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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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I have an eight-year-old girl and she does have some appreciation for fashion, but she’s stuck in that.
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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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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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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 was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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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.
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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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