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I've been myself my whole life.

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Bode Miller
Age: 54
Alpine Skier
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Easton
New Hampshire
Samuel Bode Miller
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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. But you're always subject to what's available, especially in the ski world where there are not infinite choices, especially on the fashion side.
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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. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me.
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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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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.
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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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You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body.
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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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I like to keep my private life private for the most part.
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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.
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From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.
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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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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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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 best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.
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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 think four Olympics is probably enough. Five Olympics is a long time, but there's nothing wrong with that if I'm into it and I'm healthy and my priorities can fit around that.
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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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When you back off, it's easier to do mistakes. For me it's better to ski fast.
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My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.
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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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