We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

I desire to have a dialogue that's positive, and communicative and moves forward, and is about something real, not just consumption.

When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.

I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings.

Everything that I'm really about is being an individualist. I believe in individuality.

I grew up with heroes, people who made me aspire to raise my game, to dream bigger and I like to keep it that simple.

If someone told me I had to give back, or I'm supposed to give back, or I'm supposed to do these things, I would reject that. My actions are those of valuing and caring.

I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.

If I signed a contract that meant someone else wouldn't be playing.

Where I'm coming from is that nothing I do is from a sense of obligation.

I decide that we could always indulge ourselves later. First, I had a soul-eating stone of power to poke with a stick.

Buried and burned. Never find them. Never. Buried and buried.

There is no such thing as 'God given scripture', 'the messenger of God' or 'the Last Prophet'.

If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds.

Working with crocodiles is always amazing because they're beautiful. They're modern day dinosaurs, which is really cool.

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

The instant they say something you don't expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode.

The Bible is God's sacred Word of truth.

I've been putting together the story with Rob and putting all the details of it together and looking at all the various designs they have for the toys and stuff, it's pretty exciting.

I don't see the point in apologizing to someone who remains angry enough to throw me off a cliff...unless we are standing by a cliff.