Shaun White

Athlete

98 Quotes

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.

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

I'm just having fun.

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

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

I think guitar is the best thing in the world.

I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.

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

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

Surfers have the most attitude.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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