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.
BODE MILLERI don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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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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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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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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I don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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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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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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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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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The only mental games in ski racing is the mental game against yourself. Is the whole goal of life preserving your life as long as you can?
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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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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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