That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
BODE MILLERMy 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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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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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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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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