Skating is what got me into punk rock.

I just feel like all the things that I do in my life just make me feel like a grown-up kid. That's pretty much what I am.

I usually just wear black so my shoes and my socks are my rays of sunshine.

At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things.

I do what I love for a living, and I also get to build BMX bikes in my spare time.

Even when I'm old and grey I'll probably be cruising around and bunny-hopping and stuff. In the words of the Descendents, "I don't want to grow up."

I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it."

The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.

I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to.

I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past.

When you're fighting a crowd, it's good to shout potentially threatening things like "Crossbows!" or "Fire!" or "Giant Flying Cat!" every once in a while.

Enjoy life. Think of all the women who passed up dessert on the Titanic.

The main thing is to explain to yourself that everybody suffers.

Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor.

I think this is the other big issue that is not going away: Do we really believe that bit in the Constitution or not? I think we do.

I have had really positive experiences in every medium, as well as horrible experiences in every medium.

Finally, I learned that we shouldn’t seek answers as much as we should seek God.

If you're lucky enough to find a weird - never let them go.

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

"I'll be your family now," he says.