Quotes By Shaun White

I'm just having fun.

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.

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

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.

Trick names are so ridiculous!

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.

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.

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

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

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 a monster, a problem child.

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