Quotes By Shaun White

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

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

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.

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.

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.

My dad, he's the rocker.

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

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

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

I love acting.

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

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

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

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've got to stand up for the sport.

My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Surfers have the most attitude.

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.

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.'

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

I've reached my goal with snowboarding.

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