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Bode Miller Biography

Samuel Bode Miller (/ˈboʊdi/; born October 12, 1977) is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men (and last to date) to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.

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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. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.

Daughter, Friend, Mom, Mother, Name, Seeing

I couldn't be happier with where my life's at right now. I have great partners, I have great stimulating relationships on the business side of things, I've been really busy and productive.

Business, Busy, Happier, Partners, Sides, Things

Sometimes I'm disciplined, but I like to be a total slacker, too. I party hard, but I train hard.

Party, Slacker, Sometimes, Train, Train Hard

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

Goal, Hurt, Same, Sports, Year, Years

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.

Goggles, Meters, Noses, Old, Years

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted.

Boarding, Saying, School, Skiing, Snowboarding, Technique

It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.

Doe, Martyr, Matter, Men, Olympics, Rocks

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.

Feeling, Feelings, Way, Winning, World

Ski racers are built odd with overbuilt butts and legs.

Legs, Odd, Overbuilt, Racers, Skis

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.

Hard, Heart, Listening, Million, People

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.

Mean, Ownership, Say, Things, Way

I've been myself my whole life.

Life, Whole, Whole Life

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

Skiing, Sometimes, Win, Winning

If you're unhappy with the way you played, what's the point?

Played, Point, Unhappiness, Unhappy, Way

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.

Careers, Choosing, Doors, Fashion, Point, Take

My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team.

Fact, Racing, Shapes, Show, Slightly, Team

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.

Affects, Challenges, Crashing, Mistake, Ski, Thinking

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

Fun, Ice, Kids, Tell, Winning

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.

Conspire, Couple, Doe, Together

I can take $15,000 a year and raise kids on that. Later, they'll figure out I've got millions, but hopefully they'll have the values to say, 'So what?

15000, Figures, Kids, Say, Year, Years

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