Shaun White Quotes
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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!
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I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.
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Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.
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I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.
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Boards and myself get along somehow.
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Cement doesn't give as much as snow.
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I think guitar is the best thing in the world.
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Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.
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Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.
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You're either down or you're up.
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I was a monster, a problem child.
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Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.
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I don't know where my first gold medal is.
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There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.
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Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.
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I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.
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Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.
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Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.
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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.
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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.
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You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.
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I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.
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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.
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Trick names are so ridiculous!
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Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.
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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.
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I'd love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal-that would be amazing.
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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.
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Games have always a big part of my life. I was that kid freaking out over his new Nintendo.
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It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny.
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