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.
BODE MILLERIn 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.
More Bode Miller Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes it’s all about the win, sometimes it’s about the skiing.
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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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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing.
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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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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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If you’re unhappy with the way you played, what’s the point?
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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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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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 was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
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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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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 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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