Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world.

I think I was around 15 when my Dad was 40 and thought, "Man he's old. There's no way I'll be skating at that age."

God always puts somebody in your life at the right moment.

I was literally living on the edge of life, to the point where I didn't know what was going to happen, not caring, taking chances and finally landing in prison and once there, all my lines were cut.

When skateboarding hit, I wanted to be best skateboarder in the world, and I fought for it, there was nothing that was going to get in my way.

I love the Lord with my life and through that love, I walk the walk, I don't just talk the talk.

I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push things further, otherwise I wasn't worthy of their praise.

Every question I'd ever had God answered and still continues to answer every one I have today. It's really amazing what God can do.

I read the different translations of the Bible they had and really just dove into it, almost so I could prove it all right.

I spent five years in prison, a free man for the first time in my whole life.

I won contest after contest until finally I realized, "Ok, I am the best in the world, but now what?" So I opened my own company, but there was still that feeling of, "What else do I need to do?"

Keep it weird. They'll get it later.

Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.

There are no miracles on Mondays.

Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

Together we can help create a peaceful, just, sustainable and healthy world.

He who lives among dogs must learn to pant.

There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their heel.

The artwork had very little to do with the thought process, and the writing too, for that matter. What happens, happens, and it happens outside the brain.

But I think that no matter how smart, people usually see what they're already looking for, that's all.

The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die The broken cartwheel on the hill.