Is it true that Bode said "this is what happens when they don't let me drink" or something to that effect in a post-race interview? Somebody at lunch told me that, but I can't find anything to back it up.
Skydive... I was disappointed that Bode wasn't there for Ligety, I was the one that made the comment. But under the circumstances as they happened, selfish-or-not, I can understand what Miller was thinking: Get inside, get warm, pull yourself together. With clean runs there's no guarantee he would have won gold, but he was on that podium, and it was probably a lot more devastating to him than he was letting on. That was the event he silvered in Salt Lake after all. I've known people over my lifetime that have exhibited some of the same behaviors Miller has displayed over the years -- of course, they're not champion athletes, they're everyday people -- and people who knew them only artificially called them selfish. But get to know them for real, and you'll find most aren't arseholes at all. They actually do motivate themselves for results, but they do it in ways that are different and often entertaining, and at the end of the day, that's not such a terrible eulogy. I think he's a nutter and want to see him win one gold medal in his lifetime. I just hope he wants it as badly as most other athletes do, and secretly, I think he does. He just doesn't want you or me or his opponents to know that, 'cos he's the guy with the bullseye on his back. (Besides, he's still young and his brain operates differently than the rest of us...)
Cut the guy some slack. He's young, talented, having fun, and making a living at what he loves to do which is skiing. How many of us never was, wanna be, arm chair quarterbacks are competing at the world's highests level? Bode is at the Olympics, center stage and performing well. The biggest problem people have with Bode is the media hype for which he is not responsible. He just wants to live his life, ski and have fun. It seems the public makes more out of his life and deeds than he does. I guess that is what happens when he has a life and so many others who talk trash don't.
(Besides, he's still young and his brain operates differently than the rest of us...) posted by the red terror at 4:17 PM CST on February 15 I may be jumping to conclusions about him being selfish but you are jumping to them about how old I am. Just having fun with ya! I don't know what is in Bode's heart, I was just saying what I see. The other guys on the hill when Ligety won the gold were not in medal contention and they were still there. Besides I don't really think Bode cares about what I (armchair quarterback) think but if he is reading this and I have hurt his feelings in anyway - I apologize. Sometimes people (myself included) make judgement calls on people based on the only things they make public. Isn't that what we do with everyone though. You can only make judgements on what everyday people show you. You never truely know a persons heart so if we waited till we did this would be an extremely boring site.
You never truely know a persons heart No, but you can take an educated guess, sometimes.
