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" I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12. "
Shaun White
Signing
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Japan
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" Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. "
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" I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards. "
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" I've reached my goal with snowboarding. "
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" My dad, he's the rocker. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest. "
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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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" Getting into music has changed my personality and way of doing things. I'm far more open now. "
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" Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval. "
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" I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been. "
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" Ask anyone who knows me - I am constantly moving things around in my place. "
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" Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts. "
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" 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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" I play games. "
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" It's a pretty heavy thing that happens to me when I'm at competitions. I get so sucked in, I can't really turn it off. "
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" I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do. "
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" I was a monster, a problem child. "
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" I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life. "
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" I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage. "
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" 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. "
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" I've always wanted to land a 1080, it's been a beast of a burden for me. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't know, I think, in times where I'm really nervous, and I'm really under the pressure the worst possible outcome is for me to start thinking about it. I just do. "
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" Cement doesn't give as much as snow. "
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" 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. "
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