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.
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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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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 would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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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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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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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