I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
BODE MILLERI was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
BODE MILLERIt’s important for me to live my life honestly.
BODE MILLERIf you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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.
BODE MILLERI simply think things through, and I look at problems.
BODE MILLERMy grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It’s a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
BODE MILLERIn 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.
BODE MILLERIt is not that I don’t recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don’t fear the consequences.
BODE MILLERSome 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.
BODE MILLERWhen you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
BODE MILLERA huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
BODE MILLERWhy don’t they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren’t necessarily mine. That’s the mistake people make.
BODE MILLERI 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.
BODE MILLERThe best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else’s back. That’s the essence of community.
BODE MILLERObviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
BODE MILLERWhen 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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