Bill Johnson (skier)

Bill Johnson (skier)

William Dean "Bill" Johnson (born March 30, 1960) is a former alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. He was the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing, winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Bill has 2 sons, named Tyler and Nick. Johnson’s stated personal motto (tattooed on his arm) was "Ski To Die."

Read more about Bill Johnson (skier):  Olympic Triumph, Post-Olympic Slide, Comeback Attempt, Video

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    Little Bill Daggett: I don’t deserve this. To die like this. I was building a house.
    Will Munny: Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.
    David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman)

    Rich fellas come up and they die, and their kids ain’t no good, and they die out. But we keep a-comin’. We’re the people that live. They can’t wipe us out. They can’t lick us. And we’ll go on forever, Pa, ‘cause we’re the people.
    —Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)