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.
BODE MILLERThat’s hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
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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 don’t put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
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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 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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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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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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There’s been times when I’ve been in really tough shape at the top of the course. Talk about a hard challenge right there. I mean, if you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy.
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I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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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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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