Quotes from Shaun White

My dad, he's the rocker.

I want to perform well.

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

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 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.

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

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

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!'

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

I'd like to date, but I'm not really in a position to meet girls.

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

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

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

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