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.

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.

Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.

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.

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the humps even before I am hitting them.

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

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

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

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

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

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.

I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.

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

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.'

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.

Boards and myself get along somehow.

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.

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them.

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

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

You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy.

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

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

I love acting.

Getting into music has changed my personality and way of doing things. I'm far more open now.

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 always wanted to land a 1080, it's been a beast of a burden for me.

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.

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.

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.

I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.

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!

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.

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.

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

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've reached my goal with snowboarding.

I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

The boarding I do is pretty strenuous and because I'm so active I really don't have to work out too often.

Surfers have the most attitude.

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'

I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11.

I was a monster, a problem child.

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.

If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

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.

Some people attach snowboards to their feet, very few attach them to their souls.

You take a crash you get back up and next time you succeed and thats a great feeling.

I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it.

I'm not too big on moisturisers and fancy skin products. I keep my grooming regime nice and simple.

I play games.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

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

Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.

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

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.

I am pretty bow-legged. It's annoying.

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.

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.

Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.

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

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.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

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.

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.

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

I've had dreams about tricks.

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.

There's not really anywhere I can go without being recognized, but if I put my hair up, that cuts the crowd in half.

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

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

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

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.

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 like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo.