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.
BODE MILLERArousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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 was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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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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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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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 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 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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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