Shaun White Spills On How He Met Simone Biles

Shaun White Spills On How He Met Simone Biles
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Olympic snowboarding star reveals what keeps him young at heart at Kids' Choice Sports Awards
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Okay, I'm getting really close to you right now cuz I'm hoping maybe some of your Olympic gold medals, your X Games gold medals, your championships, like all of your accolades will just rub off on me. You are the greatest in your sport. When all of these kids here look up to you, they want to be like you. What advice would you pass down?
You know, honestly, I always tell people to just have fun and do what they really want to do. You know, I've always wanted to be a snowboarder and a skateboarder and I found myself in this position where I could potentially do it and I went for it, you know, and and that's I think something that kept me in it and kept me uh motivated and inspired and uh, you know, I was having fun though.
Okay. So, today is all about the kids choosing the sports. Yeah. Who's your team? Who's your player?
Um, gosh, I'm a I'm a huge fan of the women's uh uh USA gymnastics team. So, I'm hoping the girls are doing great in every which way. Some of them are here right now. I know. I know. I saw Simone walking around. I got to meet her right after she won uh her gold in uh Brazil. And that was a real treat. It was really fun to see their faces cuz I could imagine being them at one point. And I knew exactly what they were thinking and feeling. It was really uh surreal and fun to to see that.
I crashed her Dancing with the Stars rehearsal. And I just had a vision. Why don't you do Dancing with the Stars? You'd be. Yeah. I just had I cuz you brought her up. I said, "Oh, is it Dancing with the Stars with her?" And I thought of you. You'd be really fun. It's not going to happen. Is this something they Have they ever asked you?
I've been asked a bunch of times. Yeah. I don't know if I'm ready for that. The world to watch you like that's like public speaking or having to like sing in front of your school or something. That sounds terrifying to me.
If you could slime anyone in your world, who would it be and why?
Slime? Oh, my goodness. Uh, probably Michael Phelps. Just cuz I want to see him swim in that slime.
What keeps you a kid at heart?
A kid at heart? Man. Um, I'm always having a good time, I think. I don't know. I'm I'm just like I'm saying here. endlessly doing like kids stuff, always. I play video games. I'm like hooked to animated movies and like, I'm like, I'm like annoyed that I haven't seen the new Minions movie yet. And I'm like fearful that someone here is going to give away the ending. So, yeah. That's how I keep it youthful.
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Olympic snowboarding star being interviewed
- Simone Biles
Olympic gymnast who Shaun White met
- Michael Phelps
Olympic swimmer Shaun White wants to slime
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