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
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
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
When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that. – Shaun White
Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. – Shaun White
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
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
You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that’s a great feeling. – Shaun White
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
There’s always room for improvement, but the judges are looking for big airs and stylish tricks. – Shaun White
Usually the thing that signifies that I’m done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. – Shaun White
Every time I’ve had a bad performance at an event, I’ve come back more determined and focused. – Shaun White
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
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
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
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
I didn’t want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different. – Shaun White
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