[Zechariah_8_13]

::sniffle::

[sarasota]

What does "overcooked it" mean??

[ClearCase_guy]

It seems to me that he markets himself relentlessly. Then complains about it.

[Poser]

Hmm... Someting about being an A-hole comes to mind here.

[sgtbono2002]

He can go back to skiing for the fun of it any time he likes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Better lay of that Jack Daniels on the slopes, Bode.

[Hank Rearden]

Never heard of this bozo.

Don't think I need to.

[Texas_Jarhead]

It's the public that corrupts sports and its the public that causes athletes to take drugs... Yea whatever

[SJSAMPLE]

His mouth wrote checks his butt couldn't cover.
Boo-frickin-hoo.

[Slicksadick]

"Fame is like a poison. I don't care for it. I used to have a better life when I was nobody."

Tic, Tic, Tic, very soon to be a nobody again.

[TravisBickle]

Here's a good idea for Bode.

Drop out of the Olympics, cancel all your endorsement deals, and just ski for fun.

[End Times Sentinel]

the media and the public corrupt it because of the pressure they create

Imagine how tough it would be if anybody actually knew who he was.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[bella1]

Then stop marketing yourself at every opportunity. Fame comes with a price. Is there anyone left on planet earth who doesn't realize that? He was more than happy to cash the endorsement checks when given the opportunity. Fame was fun then, wasn't it.

[bourbon]

Dear Bode: You are free to quit skiing and work at McDonald's anytime.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

American skiing ace Bode Miller says he can understand why some athletes turn to drugs in their quest for fame.

Says the man who was out 'til midnight drinking beer the night before his downhill run.(Where he blew his chance for a medal with poor form at the very end of the run.)

[ansel12]

"Sport was born clean and would remain so if it was about just competing for the fun of it"

"Sport" is what you make it.

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

I used to have a better life when I was nobody.

You still are.

[dfwgator]

Just shut up and ski.

[all4one]

Typical Lib...blaming everyone else. His 15 minutes are up...what a tool. Sadly, there is another skier who is here in the U.S. who should have been picked for the team over this moron. I hope his sponsorships disappear...Nike time to drop this dope.

[Alberta's Child]

Interesting comments. I know Bode Miller won't win many popularity contests with Olympic observers this year, but his comments are not unprecedented.

I'm reading a great book right now about the legendary 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, and many of the players from that team expressed these sentiments in one form or another over the years.

Mark Johnson, one of the star players on that team who went on to play in the NHL for nearly a decade, now coaches women's hockey at the University of Wisconsin. He refuses to coach men's hockey because women's hockey today is so similar to men's hockey from that era when he played -- when amateurs were amateurs and these college sports and Olympic events hadn't been "poisoned" so heavily by big television and corporate money as they are now.

[Soul Seeker]

Ah, so despite the fact everyone faces temptations, atheletes are exempt from responsibility for giving in to the temptation Bode?

I didn't like him in 2002, and he's forced me to do something I've never really done before. Not root for the American in the Olympics. Of the little I have watched this year, I was actively rooting for him to fail. Ditto Wier.

I know I'm not the only one that has been happy Bode couldn't live up to his Big Mouth. The Big Mouth the media found so appealing when they thought he'd bring all these medals home.