I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them.

I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

I desire to have a dialogue that's positive, and communicative and moves forward, and is about something real, not just consumption.

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

I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings.

Everything that I'm really about is being an individualist. I believe in individuality.

I grew up with heroes, people who made me aspire to raise my game, to dream bigger and I like to keep it that simple.

If someone told me I had to give back, or I'm supposed to give back, or I'm supposed to do these things, I would reject that. My actions are those of valuing and caring.

I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.

If I signed a contract that meant someone else wouldn't be playing.

Put the right people in the right positions to ensure their personal strengths and talents are being utilized and appreciated.

Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.

Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.

War is politics by other means.

In real life the people who are most bigoted are the people who have no convictions at all.

Well, I'm sure you'll find someone somewhere who'll have you.

I am the life just passing through. I'm what remains and so are you.

I'm not saying it's a bad thing to do, but when you try to deal with prescient themes in the present, that is what you're doing.

When you're face to face with someone less worthy, tell them.