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Olympics Quotes by Nyjah Huston

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Skateboarding becomes a lifelong pursuit that starts with daily practice and a love for the sport. The quotes describe how games and family influence can spark a career, and how the freedom to try new tricks or wear cool gear makes the ride feel exciting. They also note that even strict parents can push a rider toward success.

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Love to see the future of skateboarding looking bright!

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Skating and style just goes hand in hand, I think.

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I wish I could skate every single day.

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With the Olympics, you have to bring out all the best tricks to win.

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Skateboarding is not for girls at all.

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Power and strength are most important for my skating.

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I think that's one of the best things about skateboarding. We're all competitors out there, but no one dislikes each other.

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You know you had a good day of skating when the side of your thumb is just straight raw from holding your…

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Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them…

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I've made money from a young age but it's never taken away from my love of skateboarding. I don't just do this…

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I grew up watching PRod and Chris Cole. To be able to skate with them in competition is an honor.

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Some girls can skate but I personally believe that skateboarding is not for girls at all. Not one bit.

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That is the most fun part of skateboarding, the challenges. There are always new possibilities.

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When it comes to skateboards, it's hard because it's really a personal preference. Some people will like different shapes and sizes than…

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I mean, really, skateboarding is just going out and having fun with your friends and filming cool tricks and challenging yourself and…

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Being in the Olympics isn't the chance for one of us to go out there and win the thing... It's growing skateboarding,…

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I don't know if any of us imagined we would ever be up here getting ready to skate in the Olympics. But…

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Learning a new trick will just happen randomly when I'm skating and if I feel good doing it, I take it to…

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Contest skating is about figuring out the hardest tricks you can do that you can also land every time. It doesn't matter…

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I'm one of the fortunate ones to be making a good living for myself off of being a professional skateboarder. But there's…

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To be out there in the Olympics skating the board that's actually my own and a company that me and my homies…

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I had been skating basically since I could walk. I started on my knees and would cruise around the local skatepark until…

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There's definitely a lot of people out there in the industry who feel that skateboarding shouldn't be a competitive sport. Or be…

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I want to apologize for the remarks I made in Thrasher about female skateboarders. What I meant was that skateboarding is a…

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I love skateboarding because it's the funnest thing on earth. And that goes for, not only if you're one of us about…

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Skateboarding is something that I've loved ever since I started when I was five years old.

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My parents bought a motorhome and would take us to skate competitions throughout California when I was only seven or eight years…

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It's crazy to think that back when I was 11 years old I was skating X Games.

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The progression of skateboarding is seriously so gnarly!! Everyone gets so much better every year.

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I literally used to skate every single day. Like, there was not a day I didn't skate.

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If you feel like you're wearing something that you're stoked on, I feel like it actually makes you want to skate better.

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My parents bought an indoor skatepark in 2003 that was a perfect training facility for me.

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You never know when you're gonna come across a sick skate spot, or a skate park you wanna stop at, so as…

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Even though skateboarding is considered a sport now and it is going to be in the Olympics for the first time, you…

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Skateboarding is interesting. You can't really practice it as much. It takes a big toll on your body. Your legs get really…

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Yeah, so my dad was a skater back in his teenage days, and he used to skate pools and bowls and stuff…

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What I wear - my pants, my shirt, my shoes, everything - has a lot to do with me being stoked on…

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I like skating big stuff, and you need the power to get on those obstacles and take the impact coming off. You…

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I'm stoked that the Olympics finally put skateboarding in there. I was always a little confused about why it wasn't in there…

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I'd say street skating is the most fun of the six skateboarding events for me personally. It's also because you can do…

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I love skating in shorts, it's really comfortable.

I consider myself really lucky to have had such a good life.

Everyone deserves to have clean water.

I don't know if any of us imagined we would ever be up here getting ready to skate in the Olympics. But we've all…

Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them into skateboarding.

My parents were childhood sweethearts that are now divorced as of 2010. My mother is Kelle Huston, who is also my current manager, and…

I'm one of the fortunate ones to be making a good living for myself off of being a professional skateboarder. But there's hundreds and…

I'm trying to think about my future and be smart in the way I'm using my money and saving my money and making money…

That's the fun part about it compared to most other sports out there. There are so many ways to have fun with it and…

Everybody remembers Tony Hawk's 900 at X Games V in 1999. That was an iconic trick that went beyond the sport and still makes highlight reels.

If you feel like you're wearing something that you're stoked on, I feel like it actually makes you want to skate better.

My dad was really controlling and he did want me to skate every single day. I would say he did it in a little…

Honestly so much money gets taken for taxes from contest winnings that you have to be smart with it. People think that because I…

I normally get up around 8:30. I'll have a little something to eat. Just some avocado toast or some cereal or something. Or sometimes…

I definitely learned a lot at a very young age.