#our

In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school. ↗

— Patrick White

#countryside #english #english school #explore #four

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. ↗

— Shaun White

#anybody #board #consistency #flick #flying

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

#brain #games #i #interactive #learned

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. ↗

— Shaun White

#feet #giant #intense #launching #off

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. ↗

— Shaun White

#also #awareness #balance #gets #great

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing. ↗

— Shaun White

#hard #just #kinda #own #privacy

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous. ↗

— Shaun White

#dangerous #i #i always #our #people

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

#close #does #eyes #feel #i

I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets. ↗

— Shaun White

#different #easily #feel #flip #get

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

— Shaun White

#amazing things #done #flag #honor #i