Shaun White Quotes

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

- Shaun White

Going, Just, Keep, Practicing

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

- Shaun White

Feeling, Back, Next, Great Feeling

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

- Shaun White

Love, Away, Chinese Food, Chinese

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.

- Shaun White

Love, Mountains, Skateboard, Norway

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.

- Shaun White

Breaks, San, Fixing, Plumber

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

- Shaun White

Think, Turn, Got, Sponsors

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

- Shaun White

Give, Like, Endorsement, Sponsors

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

- Shaun White

Snow, Give, Much, Cement

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.

- Shaun White

Individual, Show, Part, Olympian

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.

- Shaun White

Mind, Senses, Great Way, Helps

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

- Shaun White

Feet, Think, Snowboarding, Strapped

My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13.

- Shaun White

Away, Got, Dad, Suited

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.

- Shaun White

Thought, Snowboarding, Gonna, Cereal

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

- Shaun White

Amazing, Proud, Some, Amazing Things

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

- Shaun White

Like, TV, One Thing, Coolest

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.

- Shaun White

Over, Vibe, Set, Sheets

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.

- Shaun White

Mail, Same Thing, TV, Letters

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

- Shaun White

Bad, More, Back, Bad Performance

I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life.

- Shaun White

Great, Asking, Date, Great Life

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.

- Shaun White

Goal, New, Still, Tempted

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.

- Shaun White

Game, Anybody, About, Wind

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

- Shaun White

Through, Pretty, Away, Right Away

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!'

- Shaun White

Like, Hang, TV, Hey

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.'

- Shaun White

Work, Like, Nail, OK

I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.

- Shaun White

Walking, Stairs, Trip, Skate

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.

- Shaun White

Law, Some, Unfortunate, Skate

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.

- Shaun White

Beginning, Snowboarding, Dad, Trips

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.

- Shaun White

Grow, Old, About, Strange Way

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

- Shaun White

Stylish, Big, Always, Judges

It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny.

- Shaun White

Size, Find, Tiny, Board

It's a pretty heavy thing that happens to me when I'm at competitions. I get so sucked in, I can't really turn it off.

- Shaun White

Turn, Pretty, Really, Competitions

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.

- Shaun White

Feet, Think, Pretty, Wood

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.

- Shaun White

Game, Solving, Works, Strategy

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

- Shaun White

Gold, Know, Medal, Gold Medal

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

- Shaun White

Like, Able, Identify, Brand

Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.

- Shaun White

Music, New, Shirts, New Music

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

- Shaun White

I Am, Pretty, Am, Annoying

I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids.

- Shaun White

Game, Think, I Think, Slap

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.

- Shaun White

Watching Tv, TV, Using, Problems

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

- Shaun White

Training, Fun, Think, Skateboarding

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

- Shaun White

Start, Winter, Thing, Skateboarding

I've reached my goal with snowboarding.

- Shaun White

Goal, Snowboarding, Reached

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

- Shaun White

Kid, Average, Japan, Autographs

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.

- Shaun White

Deal, Feels, Having, Predetermined

I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it. I just do.

- Shaun White

Start, Think, I Think, Outcome

I've had dreams about tricks.

- Shaun White

Dreams, About, Had, Tricks

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.

- Shaun White

Doing, Been, Still, Tricks

I've got to stand up for the sport.

- Shaun White

Stand, Got, Up, Stand Up

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

- Shaun White

Seven, About, Sponsored

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

- Shaun White

Work, Pretty, Active, Boarding

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.

- Shaun White

Mountains, Doing, Had, Boarding

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

- Shaun White

Less, Than, Wanted, Disappointed

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

- Shaun White

My Life, Always, Over, Nintendo

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

- Shaun White

Fancy, Big, Regime, Grooming

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.

- Shaun White

Thought, One Day, Away, Wore

I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.

- Shaun White

Waves, Always, Catching, Peaceful

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!

- Shaun White

Some, Compete, Half, Planes

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

- Shaun White

Go, Crowd, Half, Cuts

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

- Shaun White

Everyone, Skating, Like, I Came

Ask anyone who knows me - I am constantly moving things around in my place.

- Shaun White

Around, Am, Constantly, Moving

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

- Shaun White

Something, Break, Your, Jump

If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what.

- Shaun White

Want, Say, Going, Jump

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

- Shaun White

Pretty, Guy, Generally, Mellow

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.

- Shaun White

Love, Summer, Compete, Olympics

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

- Shaun White

World, Think, I Think, Guitar

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

- Shaun White

You, Prepared, Take, Spill

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.

- Shaun White

Kind, Want, Through, Picture

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

- Shaun White

Knocked, Out, Skateboarder

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

- Shaun White

Own, Some, Get, Kinda

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.

- Shaun White

Give, I Remember, Rather, Anymore

My dad, he's the rocker.

- Shaun White

He, Dad, Rocker

Trick names are so ridiculous!

- Shaun White

Ridiculous, Trick, Names

I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.

- Shaun White

Game, New, Unless, Position

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

- Shaun White

Meet, Date, Like, Position

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.

- Shaun White

Clean, Very, Carried, Homework

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

- Shaun White

Feel, Just, Trick, Describe

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

- Shaun White

Think, Been, Ever, Sport

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

- Shaun White

Love, Want, Snowboarding, Sport

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.

- Shaun White

Song, Think, Everybody, Inspired

I was a monster, a problem child.

- Shaun White

Child, Problem, Monster

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

- Shaun White

Big, Compete, Pretty, Steak

I play games.

- Shaun White

Play, Games

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

- Shaun White

Always, Been, Wanted, Beast

I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime.

- Shaun White

Forget, About, Totally, Snowboarding

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

- Shaun White

Sports, Tell, Always, Dangerous

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

- Shaun White

Deal, Always, Approval, Whenever

Boards and myself get along somehow.

- Shaun White

Myself, Get, Boards, Along

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

- Shaun White

Relax, Some, Lot, Advantage

I want to perform well.

- Shaun White

Want, Well, Perform

I'm just having fun.

- Shaun White

Fun, Just, Having, Having Fun

Getting into music has changed my personality and way of doing things. I'm far more open now.

- Shaun White

Doing, More, Way, Personality

Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.

- Shaun White

Feel, I Feel, Honestly, Grateful

Surfers have the most attitude.

- Shaun White

Most, Attitude

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