The Olympics is really awesome, but for some snowboarders, it's not the biggest thing in the world.

Some people attach snowboards to their feet, very few attach them to their souls.

I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime.

I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.

I’m a big fan of doing what you are really bad at. A lot.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.

Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding.

I think the way to become the best is to just have fun.

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.

To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.

Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves.

My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.

I get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on.

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

It is the policies of the Obama Administration that has led to a stagnated economy as well as high unemployment, as well as many of the other issues that we face.

There is only one history of any importance, and it is the history of what you once believed in, and the history of what you came to believe in.

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse.

If your fans are listening to the music and they can relate to it, they'll relate to it a lot more if it comes from us.

If your thought is a rose, you are a rose garden; and if it is a thistle, you are fuel for the fire.