There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.

It puts a ceiling on your progress. You're blocked by your pride. To get good, you have to throw your board around and fall.

Any eyes on me - a late-night street sweeper, some dude texting in his parked car, the homeless guy talking to himself - make me feel uncomfortable when I skate. Everyone expects me to do certain things.

The degree to which we connect to a community is in proportion to our individuality.

Don't let anything poison your individuality. Break away & look in, not outward.

Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless. The other style, which is what I did, was called free style, which was tricks you could do on flat ground.

Beethoven’s 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 that’s where he became himself. And to me that was, wow. Don’t let anything poison your individuality. Be away, break away and look in not outward.