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?
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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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There’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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.
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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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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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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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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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At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door – or what matches up with your brand.
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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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When I was little, I spent a lot of time by myself. When other kids were in school, I was skiing and thinking about things. I was alone on the mountain.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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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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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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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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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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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?
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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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