It is not that I don’t recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don’t fear the consequences.
BODE MILLERMy 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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 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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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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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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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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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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People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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 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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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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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