Quotes from Chloe Kim

I'm much more of a city girl. I like the mall. I like shopping.

I moved to Switzerland when I was 8, and during our breaks, we'd go to snowboard, and he'd take me to the mountains; we'd take a train. It was kind of crazy, you know. When I think about it, I wake up at 4, take a train to the mountains, sleep in the train and then go snowboard, and then come back. It was quite a mission.

You know, if you meet someone for the first time, they're not going to bite you.

Zendaya - she's a boss - and Rihanna as well. I feel like those are two very powerful women.

I was, like, talking to these kids, and I look up, and there was, like, 25 cameras around me. And I ran. I ran away. I, like, straight up ran away, and I was so scared, and then, like, it happened, and after I was done, it kinda sunk in.

My dad would load me into the car under a pile of blankets in the middle of the night so I could sleep the whole way and be on the mountain when it opened.

It's a pretty crazy adrenaline rush because I feel like every run is different. You can never really expect anything. It's like a new adventure every time you drop into the pipe.

When I first started snowboarding, my dad pretty much dragged me into it. I wasn't old enough to be like, 'Oh, I wanna snowboard!' you know?

The one thing I learned is to just give everything a shot. You don't want to live in regret.

If my hands get cold, I'll go inside to warm them up and basically never come back out. I'm a little wimp.

I was really excited to land my first 1080. But I was surprised that it came a lot easier than I thought it would.

If you give me fro-yo without mangoes, you're dead to me. If you say that Hawaiian pizza is gross, we're done.

I love competing so much.

I had some social anxiety when I was younger because I wasn't surrounded by many people in my life.

I always try to see it in positive way, like, you know what, the people that are expecting so much about of me know I can do it and believe in me. So I just kind of think about it like that. And it makes me feel a little better.

I just go into a contest looking to put down a good run. As long as I feel like I've done what I came to do, and I'm happy with my riding, where I end up doesn't matter that much to me.

For whatever reason, I'm pretty good with pressure. I kinda just flip it over and think of it as positive.

It's hard to describe my style. People will tell me that I'm really flowy.

My dad is a very determined person.

I'm proud of my Korean heritage, but I want people to know I'm American. It's not important to be the Korean Taylor Swift.

I got mail from a prison once.

I think the goal is always to be both. I put more effort into the technical side of my riding, but style is very important nowadays.

I'm, like, finishing up high school. I don't know how you can learn anything from me because I'm still, like, a teenager. I don't know what I'm doing with my life.

I think my riding has hopefully gotten a lot better, but I'm always trying to push myself.