“When the pressure’s on, I always seem to go bigger and land everything better.”

“I think back to when I first started snowboarding and honestly, I don't know what my parents were thinking…it was like this gang of unruly snowboarders that just tore around mountains.”

“The Olympics is really awesome, but for some snowboarders, it’s not the biggest thing in the world.”

“The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That’s cool if you’re a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.”

“1080’s are cool, but they’re not fun to do.”

“Competition pushes me to improve. If I see someone do a big trick, I try it.”

“United [Airlines] sucks, man. I’ve got like a million miles and they never bump me to first class because they think I’m just a kid and give the seat to some schmoozy guy in a business suit.”

“I think the way to become the best is just to have fun.”

“I’d love to try and get a summer and winter gold medal—that would be amazing.”

“I have the most fun snowboarding when it’s just me and my brother.”

“I’ll be sitting on a plane, and women come up to me and ask me where I get my hair dyed and did I curl my hair.”

“Most people who recognize me say ‘I saw you snowboarding on ESPN.’ But also, it’s like, ‘I saw you skating in a magazine.’”

“I guess I’m an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.”

“Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.”

“When kids come up to me and say. ‘I want to be like you,’ it fires me up. It’s pretty cool.”

“I just want to be the guy that inspires other kids to come do what I’m doing.”

“I’m hoping Sasha Cohen digs gold medalists.”

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