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 MILLERThat feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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Once the season starts for me, there isn’t a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.
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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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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 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.
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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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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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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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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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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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At 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.
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