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?
BODE MILLERJoin the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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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A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
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The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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I wasn’t skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that’s probably what got me there.
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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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