Bode Miller Quotes

There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.
Bode Miller

Work, Yourself, Win

I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.
Bode Miller

Time, Mistakes, Greatest

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.
Bode Miller

Yourself, Win, Proud

A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.
Bode Miller

Pretty, Point, Adrenaline

Eventually I'd like to have a family. I'd like to not be limping around when I'm 50 years old.
Bode Miller

Family, Old, Around

From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.
Bode Miller

Wrong, Since, Direction

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.
Bode Miller

Tell, Contrary, Coaches

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.
Bode Miller

Sports, Put, Seriously

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.
Bode Miller

Life, Keep, Private

I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.
Bode Miller

Fun, Long, Continue

It's important for me to live my life honestly.
Bode Miller

Life, Live, Important

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.
Bode Miller

Success, Money, Nice

It's not quite as important who you beat as that you end up on top.
Bode Miller

End, Important, Quite

My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.
Bode Miller

Hurt, Goal, Same

Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.
Bode Miller

Change, Focus, Once

One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
Bode Miller

Old, Another, Awesome

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.
Bode Miller

Put, Again, Face

Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing.
Bode Miller

Win, Sometimes, Skiing

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.
Bode Miller

Same, Three, Won

When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.
Bode Miller

Mistakes, Off, Fast

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?
Bode Miller

Hard, Old, Tell

But there was no question in my mind that I was gonna still go for it. I was still going for the win. I wasn't skiing for second or third place today, and in the end I think that's probably what got me there.
Bode Miller

Today, Mind, End

I had crashes when I was small and Gumby-like that would have killed me now. 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.
Bode Miller

Small, Old, Off

I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the way I act seem rash. But I do take ownership of it. I don't say things I don't mean.
Bode Miller

Mean, Said, Act

I simply think things through, and I look at problems. One thing I pride myself on is the ability to connect unconnected thoughts and come up with new, unique thoughts.
Bode Miller

Through, Thoughts, Problems

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Nationality: American

Born: October 12, 1977

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