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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

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Bode Miller
Age: 54
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I tried retiring a couple of times and it just didn't really stick so, but at some point enough things conspire together and it does stick.
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The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.
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I don't care what other people's judgments come down to-I care what my judgments come down to.
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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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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.
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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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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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I like to keep my private life private for the most part.
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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 still love racing and the challenge of it, but at some point, you get to a place where you're perfectly happy moving on and doing other stuff.
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If I could wish one thing for anyone, it would be to not have to do anything his entire life-just go along and when you feel like doing something, do it.
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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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It's important for me to live my life honestly.
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I've been myself my whole life.
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One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.
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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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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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