Something amazing happened to me at Sochi, it was the first time I'd ever not won an Olympics I'd entered. It was heavy and at the time it was rough. Shaun White More Quotes by Shaun White More Quotes From Shaun White 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. Shaun White inspiredsongthinking The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person. Shaun White snowboardingteamwant I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been. Shaun White dangeroussportsthinking 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 halfgamespeople I like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo. Shaun White logosbrandsable I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff. Shaun White chinese-foodchinesestuff 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. Shaun White balanceairmind Cement doesn't give as much as snow. Shaun White cementsnowgiving I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope. Shaun White crazyheartmean I'm just going to keep dialing it in and keep practicing. Shaun White Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance. Shaun White surfingbalancegiving I have the most fun snowboarding when it's just me and my brother. Shaun White snowboardingbrotherfun I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it. Shaun White tricksi-canfeels I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime. Shaun White snowboardingsummertimeforget It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny. Shaun White sizetinyboards I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different. Shaun White differentgameswant I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes. Shaun White bodyeyedoe I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board. Shaun White snowboardingmovingthinking I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards. Shaun White seven If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what. Shaun White matterfeetwant
