Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

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.

I was told from a very young age that I wasn't gonna be anything. That I wasn't gonna amount to a single thing.

Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.

There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.