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" When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.' "
Shaun White
Guy
Everyone
Skating
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" I don't know where my first gold medal is. "
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" Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused. "
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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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" I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do. "
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" Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things. "
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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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" I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete. "
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" 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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" I like to stay in the moment. "
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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 am pretty bow-legged. It's annoying. "
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" If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down. "
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" 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. "
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Think
Song
" 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. "
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Like
" 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. "
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Me
" Trick names are so ridiculous! "
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Trick
Ridiculous
Names
" My dad, he's the rocker. "
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Dad
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He
" Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. "
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Start
Skateboarding
Done
" It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny. "
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Tiny
Board
Find
" 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. "
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You
Say
" I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever. "
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Just
Much
" I was a monster, a problem child. "
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Monster
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" 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. "
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Talking
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" It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!' "
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Japan
" 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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