Shaun White

“There's always room for improvement, but the judges are looking for big airs and stylish tricks.”

“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.”

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

“I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets.”

“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.”

“I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever.”

“I like to stay in the moment.”

“Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.”

“Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.”

“I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.”

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

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

“I've reached my goal with snowboarding.”

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

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

“I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.”

“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.”

“If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate.”