As a kid, I grew up on a farm in Florida, and I did what most little kids do. I played a little baseball, did a few other things like that, but I always had the sense of being an… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
I learned to skate in our garage. We lived in the country in Florida, it was sort of farmish, and there was no cement anywhere else. Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
Any eyes on me - a late-night street sweeper, some dude texting in his parked car, the homeless guy talking to himself - make… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience.… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief. — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
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… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
The degree to which we connect to a community is in proportion to our individuality. — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me is precisely… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to perfect. No… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
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. — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
What it is is that there's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it, and better than that ... there… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won my first world championship,… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
Do what you love and try not to look at what other people occupy themselves with. — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
I can't wait to wake up and try something new. I can't sleep at night because I want to try something new. — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
