I've been to Japan so many times, but I still constantly stumble across things that are so foreign to me.

We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.

We'll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it.

It’s not the destination but the adventure along the way.

Experiencing the world through Endless secondhand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it.

Now you're gonna take beatings. It's written in our DNA, you know. You're gonna go down. You get up, it's that simple.

If we want authenticity we have to initiate it.

If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it. Self-discovery takes us to the wildest places on earth

What is snowboarding to me? I'd say it's when I feel passion. That is, if passion is a combination of utter joy, frustration and rage. It's my life.

You know, I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport, you know for me it's just a way of life

When your location is a snowy mountain in the winter the obstacles are pretty extreme.

Who can live without eating? A farmer is a great hero because he fights for our existence! If anyone deserves a medal of existence in a country, that person should be a farmer!

I refuse to believe that gods want to make mortals unhappy and torment them. That's what humans do. And humans are very definitely not divine.

Every moment of your life is either a test or a celebration.

Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change.

The business changes every day, and you should be willing to change with it. You have to be willing to change with it.

You can't make me love you.

Have you ever felt trapped in circumstances, then discovered that the only trap was your own lack of vision, lack of courage, or failure to see that you had better options?

I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time.

Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.