“Skateboarding is not a crime.”
“When I am doing anything else, I think of skating, but when I am skating, I can think of nothing else.” – Ozzie
“This freakin’ skateboard stuff, it’s not a sport. It’s a way of life.” – Northwest Documentary
“If you go out there and your main purpose is to get a sponsor, then it’s not gonna work. Just go out there and have fun. That’s how I got sponsored.” – Ryan Sheckler
“I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport.” – Tony Hawk
“To become the best, you need to break rules… you have to be by yourself… you can’t look at others… you get used to looking at another, like as an example, and soon you don’t know where you’re going… you stop learning how to think… that’s the biggest mistake.” – Rodney Mullen
“To me, it`s about getting better every time and doing the best I can every run no matter where I am. The Olympics are going to be huge, but I don`t think the Olympics are going to make or break any rider. At the end of the day, it`s just another contest with just a little bit more riding on it.” – Shaun White
“Skateboarding is for fun – that’s why people do it a lot. Not to be on the X Games or the Gravity Games but because they love to do it. If you want to make lots of money, go be a snowboarder, golfer or tennis player ’cause skateboarding is not the place for it.” – Andy MacDonald
“All I wanted to do was ride skateboards – I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.” – Travis Barker
“Nobody even understands the reality of skateboarding.” – Josiah Gatlyn
“If you go out there and your main purpose is to get a sponsor, then it’s not gonna work. Just go out there and have fun. That’s how I got sponsored.” – Ryan Sheckler
“I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.” -Tony Hawk