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

Shaun White

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Shaun White
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: September 3
Actor
Skateboarder
Snowboarder
San Diego
California
Shaun Roger White
Cool
Pretty
Fire
Kids
Come
Like
Fires

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I don't know where my first gold medal is.
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I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever.
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I was a monster, a problem child.
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