All the exciting contests and travel and sponsorships are cool, but I like to be able to have influence on people and on youngsters.

The inclusion of slopestyle in the Olympics is cool. I think it's going to be a total breath of fresh air. The Olympics needs us more than we need it.

I skied on Astroturf and PVC pipe on the slope in my backyard.

Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better person. It makes me stronger.

Most places in the Midwest, you ski on piles of trash, like retired landfills.

It's never fun to do it by yourself. It's good to have other people that are on the same path as you. It's nice to have that in common and be able to converse with them. It's cool to share that.

I try to keep a pretty one-tracked mind.

All the athletes are individuals. This isn't a team sport. We all have our own styles, our own clothing preferences and our own way of doing things. That's the way I do things and I'm proud of it.

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.

Was she on some sort of Candid Camera version of This is Your Sucky Love Life?

Home cooking is the true embodiment of love. It makes us show patience, kindness, humility, hope, and perseverance.

The very best thing about dogs is how they just know when you need them most, and they’ll drop everything that they’re doing to sit with you awhile.

A wise and an understanding heart.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

When you meditate you can stand back from your desire. When you silence the mind and there is stillness, only then can you tell if a desire is dharma.

The real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality in all its aspects. Realism is in fact the ideal we must aspire to, the highest point of human rationality.

God is love, the parson whined. Yes, and is he also blind?