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?
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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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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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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 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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Arousal-control has been an issue for me since the beginning of my career.
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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.
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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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Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.
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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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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared.
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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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My daughter’s name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born.
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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 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.
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It’s important for me to live my life honestly.
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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else’s back. That’s the essence of community.
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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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Some 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.
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That’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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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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