When kids come up to me and say. 'I want to be like you,' it fires me up. It's pretty cool.

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my career, not only did I grow, but the sport grew. All of a sudden, all of these doors opened to me. It's been amazing. I guess I was born at the right time.

Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.

I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.

I like to stay in the moment.

On snowboarding as an Olympic sport: Since I was 6 years old I've been in the mix and watching this grow and change. I never would have expected it to go this far.