It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

When kids come up to me and say. 'I want to be like you,' it fires me up. It's pretty cool.

United [Airlines] sucks, man. I've got like a million miles and they never bump me to first class because they think I'm just a kid and give the seat to some schmoozy guy in a business suit.

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.

If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.