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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.

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Through, Snowboarding, Boarding School

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.

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Good, Mom, While, Chose

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

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Pretty, Adrenaline, Low, Low Point

I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport.

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Worthy, Been, Helping, Northeast

My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we had Walkmans and things that were battery-powered, but it would have been nice to be growing up in the iPod era. A tape only has six songs on a side.

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Mom, Been, Had, Recorder

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.

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Tongue, Tell, About, Ice Cream

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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Big, Some, Making, Season

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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Change, Once, Strategies, Season

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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Through, Compete, Olympic, Roller

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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Small, Back, Jumps, Crashes

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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Racing, Some, Very, Journals

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.

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Been, Very, Slightly, Train

My sister has three kids so I've spent a lot of time around children and I've always really liked them and wanted my own. It's cool because you think all babies are the same but they aren't at all. They all have such different personalities. It's crazy.

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Own, Three, Babies, Personalities

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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Best, Feel, Shift, Priority

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.

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I Think, Got, Second, In The End

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.

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Think, Pilot, Here, Radar

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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Will, Everyone, About, Hopefully

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

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Me, Tell, Always, Coaches

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

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Skiing, Still, Having, Enjoyable

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.

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Say, Some, Am, Rash

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

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Goal, Year, Same, Hurt

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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Makes, Being, Brought, Easier

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.

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Mistakes, Leverage, About, Forces

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

- Bode Miller

Racing, Equipment, Peak, Wrong Direction

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.

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Kind, Skiing, Side, Championship

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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Think, Nothing, I Think, Olympics

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.

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Want, Here, Martyr, Olympics

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

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Kid, Awesome, Old, Equipment

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

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Like, Private, Most, Private Life

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

Thoughts, Think, Through, Connect

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