I was told from a very young age that I wasn't gonna be anything. That I wasn't gonna amount to a single thing. - Shaun White
I'm not too big on moisturizers and fancy skin products. I keep my grooming regime nice and simple. - Shaun White
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.' - Shaun White
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
It was amazing to me that one competition could bring so much attention to the sport. 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
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
It's exciting to go from snowboarding to skateboarding because I get to start as the underdog again. - Shaun White
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!' - Shaun White
Man, I hate that trick. There are times when you're just spinning and you totally lose track of where you are. You don't know where you're going to land. You only hope you're still in the pipe. - Shaun White
Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. - Shaun White
My goal that day was to get a sunburn. That's all I wanted. I've been walking around with jackets on, so I skated with no shirt on. (The sunburn) hurt a little, but it was epic. - Shaun White
Now that I'm older, I really understand how huge the Olympics are. It's just a monster event. ... It's worldwide and it was fun to be a part of it. It meant a lot to me now that I'm older to wear U.S. on my chest. It was heavy. It wasn't like rolling into X Games on my own. I was representing the whole country. - Shaun White
On snowboarding as an Olympic sport: Since I was 6 years old I've been in the mix and watching this grow and change. I never would have expected it to go this far. - Shaun White
The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person. - Shaun White
There's not really anywhere I can go without being recognized, but if I put my hair up, that cuts the crowd in half. - Shaun White
This mom snapped on me. She said, 'You get out there, and you score!' And I was just like, 'Whoa!' When someone else's mom yells at you, it's pretty intimidating. - Shaun White
This was it: Before the X-Games, before the Olympics, this was the event. I've been showing up here since I was 7 years old. - Shaun White
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