Quotes By Shaun White

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.

You have to be prepared to take a 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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I like to stay in the moment.

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

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've just had this fight since I can't even remember.

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

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.

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!

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

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

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

My dad, he's the rocker.

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

I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime.

I want to perform well.

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