If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

Don't ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up.

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.

I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worried about it. I can't change it. I can't fix it. It is what it is. I'm just living.

The world is just waiting to be skated.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

I am always hurt, but what are you going to do? I have to skate.

I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just live it. I get hurt all the time. I break bones. It's just all part of the process.

I live to ride, and ride to live.

No one can tell me what to do on my skateboard. My skateboard is my safe spot. I can learn tricks, I can have fun, I can do whatever I want on my skateboard.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

When the author admits to Christians that he was not a Christian himself, he says their dialogue became "distant and rehearsed, like a pitch for Ginsu knives.

When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.

My mind is my laboratory.

I like stylish men although I'm someone who sees a man who's not dressed right and think what I could do with him to make him cute. I'm a typical Jewish woman like that.

People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.

Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.

I've been married twice and I've tried to make it work, but I feel I haven't had a real marriage yet.

People look for their leadership to lead.

I have learned two things in my life: there is a God, and I am not him.

Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.