Shaun White Quotes

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

  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

• 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.

  Shaun White

• You have to be prepared to take a spill.

  Shaun White

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

  Shaun White

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

  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

• 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

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

  Shaun White

• When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they’re all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up.

  Shaun White

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

  Shaun White

• What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing.

  Shaun White

• 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.

  Shaun White

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

  Shaun White

• Trick names are so ridiculous!

  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

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

  Shaun White

• 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.

  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

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

  Shaun White

Shaun White (98)

Birth:	3rd September, 1986
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Skateboarder, Snowboarder

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