Bode Miller was one of the most talented American skiers in decades, but his performance at the 2006 Turin Olympics was a disappointment. Despite being a favorite to medal, he failed to finish in one event and was disqualified in another. By the end of the Olympics, Miller had zero medals, drawing more attention for his partying than his skiing. Critics argued that Miller had not properly trained and prepared for the Olympics, instead focusing more on drinking, and that his lack of dedication over the years had cost him the chance at greatness on the Olympic stage.

1. On a pair of skis, no one in the world is more dazzling to watch.

2. “Bode Miller, the most gifted American skier
in decades…”
~Newsweek
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3. Defining Moment:
There's no doubt that
Miller's two silver medal
performance at the
2002 Olympics in Salt
Lake City was his
coming out party, but
his 2005 overall World
Cup victory qualifies as
his defining moment,
propelling him to the top
of the skiing world.
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4. Bode confident despite missing medal
again
‘I could be sitting on 4 medals,’ Miller
says after taking 6th in giant slalom
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5. “And before he got on the plane, he told anyone
who would listen that he was going to show us
something about sports and sportsmanship.
Instead, we saw a perfect embodiment of the
tarnished Olympics that he claims to despise.
Most people who have watched these Olympics
will come away from them thinking much as they
always have about sports, and thinking much
less of Bode Miller. Which means that, by
Bode’s own standard, he blew it.”
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6. SESTRIERE, Italy - Bode Miller was
rehabbing his ankle Wednesday after
twisting it while playing basketball with
teammates but is expected to race the
Olympic slalom, his fifth and final chance
at a Turin Games medal.
~MSNBC
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7. America’s skiing cover boy Bode Miller
has been a bust at these Olympics--and
medals don’t have anything to do with
it.
~ Newsweek
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8. “He’s partied harder than he’s skied. He’s flipped off
photographers and blown off reporters. He’s been
disqualified from two races, once so clumsily that it was
hard to believe he was even trying. Even when he’s
skied well here, he’s looked winded at the end of races
he used to blast through. And in the latest dose of bad
news, he rolled an ankle during a Tuesday game of pick-
up basketball with teammates, jeopardizing his
attendance on Saturday. Miller’s coach and his agent
both say he will race, but the injury, however minor,
makes a medal for him even more unlikely. It was
already unlikely enough.”
~Newsweek
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9. Bode's horrible Olympics continue in
super-G
Miller fails to medal in 3rd event;
Norway's Aamodt wins gold for third
time
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10. The much-hyped Miller, meanwhile,
slammed into a gate and failed to finish,
dropping to 0-for-3 at the Turin Olympics,
then skied through the woods and avoided
reporters.
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11. His record so far, though: fifth in the
downhill, disqualified in the combined for
straddling a gate, “Did Not Finish”
Saturday. He has drawn more attention for
his bar-hopping than his skiing.
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12. Unprepared Bode
blows chances at
greatness
Controversial U.S.
skier has only one
more shot at
Olympic medal
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13. SESTRIERE, Italy - It wasn’t the beer before
the downhill, his hell-bent-for-leather style
in the combined slalom, his DNF in the
super-G or his first-run struggles in the
giant slalom that did in Bode Miller. It was
all the beers in all the months leading up
to the Olympics and all the years of living
his life as recklessly as he skis his races.
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14. Asked the secret to his success, Aamodt spoke
words that Miller, 28, and all manner of other
younger skiers might want to jot down.
“Spend a lot of time on the hill, spend time
training, and then, if you work hard over a
long period of time, with a lot of focus, good
things will happen to you in the end,” Aamodt
said.
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15. It takes years of training
and dedication to win
an Olympic gold
medal. It doesn’t take
nearly as many years
of taking yourself and
your talent for granted
to lose it.
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16. They work as hard as they play not because
they love work — most of them don’t like it
any more than the rest of us do — but
because they want to win, and if that’s
what it takes, that’s what they do.
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18. Philippians 2:12 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have
always obeyed—not only in my presence,
but now much more in my absence—
continue to work out your salvation with
fear and trembling
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19. define: FEAR
1. be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive
about a possible or probable situation or
event.
2. be sorry; used to introduce an
sorry
unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't
make it to your party."
3. reverence: regard with feelings of
reverence
respect and reverence; consider
hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.
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20. Philippians 2:12 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have
always obeyed—not only in my presence,
but now much more in my absence—
continue to work out your salvation with
fear and trembling
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21. Philippians 2:12 (NLT)
Dearest friends, you were always so careful
to follow my instructions when I was with
you. And now that I am away you must be
even more careful to put into action God’s
saving work in your lives, obeying God
with deep reverence and fear.
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