My way Quote by Christian Hosoi

I was a real skateboarder, not a gifted skateboarder. I represented that skateboarding was fun to do by being terrible at it.

— Lance Mountain

I was knocked out by a skateboarder when I was 11.

— Shaun White

I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on…

— Jason Lee

All my life I have wanted to skate, and all my life I have skated.

— Sonja Henie

I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.

— Jason Momoa

I couldn't skate, I couldn't shoot, and I wasn't very intelligent. But I was spectacular

— Ken Reardon

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

— Bam Margera

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

— Lupe Fiasco

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

— Ryan Sheckler

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

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

— Scott Hamilton

I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

— Dorothy Hamill