“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.”

“My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13.”

“Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding.”

“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.”

“I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.”

“I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.”

“I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.”

“What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing.”

“I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.”

“I've had dreams about tricks.”

“Surfers have the most attitude.”