Shaun White Quotes

If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.

It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'

The Olympics is really awesome, but for some snowboarders, it's not the biggest thing in the world.

I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.

I am a pretty recognizable, like, I walk through the airport or something, you are going to spot me right away.

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.

Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

Even at summer time, I'm still jacket shopping. I've always found that if you find a really nice leather jacket you kind of just go with it because they're timeless.

Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding.

Boards and myself get along somehow.

I am pretty bow-legged. It's annoying.

You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy.

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

I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.

When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.

Some people attach snowboards to their feet, very few attach them to their souls.

The boarding I do is pretty strenuous and because I'm so active I really don't have to work out too often.

Trick names are so ridiculous!

I was told from a very young age that I wasn't gonna be anything. That I wasn't gonna amount to a single thing.