Competition Quote by Lance Mountain

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

— Nyjah Huston

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

— Nyjah Huston

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

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

— Tony Hawk

...Competitive Skaters must be prepared for a lot of work, challenges, self-discipline, and motivation. The desire must be there, but more importantly, your love…

— Oksana Baiul

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

— Nyjah Huston

Skating has so many styles. Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's…

— Lil Wayne

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

— Nyjah Huston

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…

— Nyjah Huston

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

— Nyjah Huston

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends…

— Tony Hawk

Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence.

— Roger Ebert