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" I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete. "

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" You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter. "

" I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Cement doesn't give as much as snow. "

" I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11. "

" When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense. "

" I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval. "

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

" 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 think guitar is the best thing in the world. "

" 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. "

" Trick names are so ridiculous! "

" I want to perform well. "

" 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. "

" I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. "

" My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13. "