I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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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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Eventually I’d like to have a family. I’d like to not be limping around when I’m 50 years old.
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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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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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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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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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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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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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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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