In 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 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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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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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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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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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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I simply think things through, and I look at problems.
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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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People in the U.S. will watch anything if it’s put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what’s possible, more than anything.
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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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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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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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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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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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