Skateboarding Quotes · Page 2

Obviously, I like doing crazy stuff given my history of skateboarding.

— Darby Allin

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

— Tony Hawk

I had a really lovely upbringing. I did a lot of skateboarding down country lanes.

— Ellie Bamber

I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.

— Lupe Fiasco

When I was younger, I used to be a part of the surfing-and-skateboarding community.

— Katy Perry

My skateboard is magical and musical, it gives me wings and makes me dance in loops and whirls.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport.

— Tony Hawk

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

— Nyjah Huston

Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.

— D.J. Cotrona

I didn't want to make it look like I was taking skateboarding and using that as like a marketing thing for wrestling.

— Darby Allin

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

— Nyjah Huston

So much of my life and my style and sensibility are influenced by skateboarding. It's counter-culture and skateboarding is my introduction to…

— Vic Mensa

When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to…

— Harmony Korine

I think skateboarding is hugely challenging - it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps…

— Tony Hawk

It's a strange phenomenon how this piece of wood, wheels and a turning system has made so many people so happy

— Chris Cole

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

— Nyjah Huston

Skateboarding and that whole industry just became so far away. I was trying to find that ultimate place, that place of contentment…

— Christian Hosoi

When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and…

— Daria Werbowy

Skateboarding is a part of Hip-Hop culture. I think it's the fifth element of Hip-Hop - emceeing, deejaying, b-boying, graffiti, and skateboarding.…

— Yelawolf

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

— Nyjah Huston

There were so many things associated with it in terms of music and fashion, and a different way of thinking that, for…

— Tony Hawk

I fell in love with skateboarding because it was individual; there were no teams, there were no captains, there was nothing to…

— Rodney Mullen

Skateboarding is as much, or more, an art of mode of expression than it is a sport. What skateboarding has given me…

— Rodney Mullen

I'm proud that I was able to use my recognition to, maybe, raise the awareness of skateboarding and help grow it, and…

— Tony Hawk

I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think…

— Tony Hawk

Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,…

— Shepard Fairey

Even when I'm at home, I keep to myself - skateboarding, riding bikes, and stuff in the house.

— Valee

I still like some of the stuff, skateboarding. Just stupid things.

— Adam Sandler

There is sort of an unspoken 'no skateboarding' clause on tour that I break pretty often.

— Matt Skiba

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.

— Ryan Sheckler

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

— Nyjah Huston

When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.

— Mike Vallely

I learned from BMX and skateboarding how to take a fall.

— Mark Cavendish

Think about how much skateboarding opens your eyes to see the world differently.

— John Humphrys

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

— Ryan Sheckler

I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years.

— Matt Costa

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

— Shaun White

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

— Tom DeLonge

I got introduced to the rave scene in 1992. At the time I was into skateboarding; I listened to a little hip-hop…

— Pedro Winter

I was into skateboarding, so through skating I kind of got into hip hop by discovering it through skate videos.

— Frank Dukes