Contests Quote by Bam Margera

Contests were so pertinent that you had to think that way but today, it's not like that. You have your contest skaters, you have…

— Christian Hosoi

I don't even need to do anything; I am always amped to skate. Always amped to be competing. I love competing - that's what…

— Ryan Sheckler

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 for money.

— Nyjah Huston

I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very…

— Evgeni Plushenko

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

— Eric Heiden

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

— Carolina Kostner

I get to see the different sides of skating now which involves not only competing, but entertainment.

— Nancy Kerrigan

Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always…

— Kurt Browning

Competitions make me nervous. When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating and not, 'I have to do this…

— Katarina Witt

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of…

— Tony Hawk

Skateboarding has nothing to do with competition or sport. It has to do with trying to stay as immature as you can for the…

— Lance Mountain