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At the end of the day, you have to make sure you're at least listening to what your head is telling you, what your heart is telling you. That's hard to do when there are a million other people shouting as loud as they can.

Bode Miller

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Bode Miller
Age: 54
Alpine Skier
Autobiographer
Easton
New Hampshire
Samuel Bode Miller
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I've been myself my whole life.
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Despite all the pressure and the caliber of accomplishment, I still can honestly say that it's not all about winning.
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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 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.
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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 best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.
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