Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me is precisely that: a form of expression that drew me to it, and, in so doing, I was able to express and be who I wanted to be through it, in a sense.
Rodney MullenWho are you? What is your distinct contribution? That is so valuable whether it gets you anything or not. Trophies? Doesn't matter. If you know you did it, that's what keeps you going, you know? Success is illusive.
Rodney MullenYou build something but you cant live in the house because you sit around guarding it.
Rodney MullenBeethovenโs music always struck me. Always. He had this fire you know. I remember reading this story of him going deaf and pushing himself into self-isolation and thatโs where he became himself. And to me that was, wow. Donโt let anything poison your individuality. Be away, break away and look in not outward.
Rodney Mullen