Quotes By Shaun White

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.

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 play games.

Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.

I'm just having fun.

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

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.

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

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!'

I've had dreams about tricks.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Boards and myself get along somehow.

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