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 MILLERSometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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When you back off, it’s easier to do mistakes. For me it’s better to ski fast.
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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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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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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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.
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