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" Cement doesn't give as much as snow. "
Shaun White
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" There's not really anywhere I can go without being recognized, but if I put my hair up, that cuts the crowd in half. "
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" I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great. "
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" What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing. "
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" I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor. "
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" You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes. "
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