Shaun White Quotes

What does it mean to be a snowboarder? It's about having fun, with your friends or by yourself. It's about pushing yourself to try new things and do the unexpected. Finally, and most importantly, it's about being creative.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

I'd like to date, but I'm not really in a position to meet girls.

I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great.

Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate.

I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope.

I'm just going to keep dialing it in and keep practicing.

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

I don't know where my first gold medal is.

Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.

There's not really anywhere I can go without being recognized, but if I put my hair up, that cuts the crowd in half.

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard 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.

If you eat the same cereal every day it's gonna get old. And if I had thought about snowboarding every day, I would have quit a long time ago.

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.

Surfers have the most attitude.

I've had dreams about tricks.

I've always wanted to land a 1080, it's been a beast of a burden for me.

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.

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.

Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.

Games have always a big part of my life. I was that kid freaking out over his new Nintendo.

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it.

My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.

I was a monster, a problem child.

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.

Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing.

I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.

There's always room for improvement, but the judges are looking for big airs and stylish tricks.

When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense.

Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.

I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever.

I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do.

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

I'm not too big on moisturisers and fancy skin products. I keep my grooming regime nice and simple.

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

United [Airlines] sucks, man. I've got like a million miles and they never bump me to first class because they think I'm just a kid and give the seat to some schmoozy guy in a business suit.