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.

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 was a monster, a problem child.

My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.

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.

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.

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

I like to stay in the moment.

I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage.

If you eat the same cereal every day it's gonna get old. And if I had thought about snowboarding every day, I would have quit a long time ago.

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

Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.