Looking back, he acknowledged that the grind of competing in so many events while being at the forefront of an entire nation’s hopes led to some of his issues. “No matter how good you try to do it, it doesn’t encapsulate the person.”ĭespite being a prerace favorite in multiple events, Miller finished without a medal, and he was maligned for appearing to not care about the results. “They tell a story, and it’s out there to hundreds of millions of people, and the story is never the person,” he said.
It was a spotlight he didn’t initially enjoy. Miller entered the Games as one of the poster athletes for Team USA.
Probably his most controversial moment came in 2006 at the Torino Olympics. I just slid around in our yard and messed around.” “I just had Sorel boots on and those skis that you could kind of just wrap a little thing around your foot to buckle yourself in. “I don’t honestly remember the first time I skied because I think I was 2,” he said. The relationship Miller has with skiing began so early that he can’t specifically recall where it started. I didn’t have to become somebody else to do it.” It fit exactly who I was, which was nice. I loved a lot of different sports, but it was clear to me very early that this was the one that made the most sense with my personality and what I like to do.
It’s like you against the mountain, or like against yourself and the mountain.” “All you’re doing is trying to push yourself. Your competitive nature in skiing can be satiated by just being out here, because it’s the same thing. “You’re not even competing against another athlete. “There’s so much pressure in skiing because it’s a solo sport,” he said. He still loves skiing, telling me that he’s on the mountain “one hundred-plus days a year.” But the more he described racing, the clearer picture I got of his solitary and introspective portrait of the sport.
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