Shaun White Quotes

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

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.

I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime.

I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding.

I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

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

I’m a big fan of doing what you are really bad at. A lot.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

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

I think the way to become the best is to just have fun.

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.

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 think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

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

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

I've reached my goal with snowboarding.

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

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

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 skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

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.

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

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

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

I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage.

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

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

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.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.

When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world!

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.

I like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo.

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

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

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them.

I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way.

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

I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11.

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

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

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.

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

It's exciting to go from snowboarding to skateboarding because I get to start as the underdog again.