Sometimes I’m disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.
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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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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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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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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Obviously I clearly wouldn’t like that person if I knew ’em better.
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That feeling is the same whether you’re on either side of the hundredths.
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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.
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I would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.
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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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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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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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One kid’s old, used-up equipment is another kid’s brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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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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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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