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" Games have always a big part of my life. I was that kid freaking out over his new Nintendo. "
Shaun White
Games
Always
New
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" I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them. "
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Parents
Time
" My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together. "
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Family
Why
Together
" I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff. "
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Away
Stay
Love
" I've got to stand up for the sport. "
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Sport
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" 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! "
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Games
World
Tell
" You have to be prepared to take a spill. "
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You
Be Prepared
Prepared
" I like to stay in the moment. "
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Stay
Like
Moment
" I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board. "
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Moving
Skateboarding
Your
" When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.' "
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Guy
Everyone
Skating
" Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything. "
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I Feel
Everything
Feel
" I've had dreams about tricks. "
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About
Had
Dreams
" 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
Picture
Feel
Eyes
" You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy. "
Shaun White
Game
Strategy
Happy
" I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably. "
Shaun White
I Can
Stairs
Them
" My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous. "
Shaun White
Breaks
City
Glamorous
" 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. "
Shaun White
You
Problems
Brain
" Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. "
Shaun White
Start
Skateboarding
Done
" I am a pretty recognizable, like, I walk through the airport or something, you are going to spot me right away. "
Shaun White
You
Walk
Right
" You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes. "
Shaun White
Jump
Land
You
" Getting into music has changed my personality and way of doing things. I'm far more open now. "
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Far
Doing
Now
" Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding. "
Shaun White
Travel
Love
Me
" Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well. "
Shaun White
Me
Great
Like
" I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life. "
Shaun White
Great
Me
Mothers
" I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids. "
Shaun White
Think
Fans
Fool
" I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11. "
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Out
Knocked
Skateboarder
" I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous. "
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Always
Tell
People
" The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there. "
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Flying
Wind
Game
" I've reached my goal with snowboarding. "
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Goal
Snowboarding
Reached
" Ask anyone who knows me - I am constantly moving things around in my place. "
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Ask
Me
Moving
" Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts. "
Shaun White
Buy
Go
Shirts