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.
BODE MILLERAt 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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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 kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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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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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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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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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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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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