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 MILLERPeople 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 MILLERThat feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
BODE MILLERWe should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
BODE MILLERThe way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
BODE MILLERIt is not that I don’t recognize the danger in ski racing, but that I don’t fear the consequences.
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 MILLEROne kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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 MILLERObviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
BODE MILLERI simply think things through, and I look at problems.
BODE MILLERA huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
BODE MILLERI was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
BODE MILLERJoin karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.
BODE MILLERI 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?
BODE MILLERJoin the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome.
BODE MILLERWhen 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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