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Fame is almost a poison. I couldn’t care less, in fact I lived better when I was a nobody.

— Bode Miller

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It is other people who want me to win medals.

* "The hardest part of competition is learning how to recover mentally after setbacks." ** Source: Reuters interview, 2026.

Anyone who isn’t strong is left in a corner, no one asks for their autograph, they are abandoned in the cold shadows. Those who win, however, become icons.

From this inhuman pressure doping is born because the athlete feels the imperative of having to be No. 1. I believe instead that sport should be a private pressure, a challenge for yourself.

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