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" I quit high school to be a pro skateboarder out of Ohio, which is just asinine, but it was meant to be. "

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" In skateboarding, you're never bigger than the streets. "

" I was raised by some very grounded, hardworking, Middle America parents. "

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" My entire life is a single body of work. "

" With success comes responsibility of playing your part, to do what you can to help not only those that helped you get to where you're at, but the future of who's going to be playing a part of your business and everything you do in your entire career. "

" I spend 2 hours a week in an infrared sauna. "

" I don't think I've ever had a vacation, to be quite honest with you. "

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" California just does not remotely embrace the fact that it's where skateboarding itself was birthed and where 90% of the industry is. "

" I only drink coffee grown in high altitude rain forests. "

" MTV has a been a great partner over the years. I'm truly grateful for the platform they've provided for me to create and refine compelling, entertaining media at the highest level. "

" There's nothing more ridiculous than seeing yourself in a video game. "

" 'Wild Grinders' becoming an animated series, and airing on Nicktoons is another one of my boyhood dreams come true. I came up with the name when I was eleven years old, when I needed a name for my first skate crew - who knew it would turn into such a mega brand? "

" Anything is possible if you're willing to work for it. "

" No matter what I do, how much money I make, where I live, or what kind of car I drive, the stuff I skateboard on is the same stuff that every other kid in L.A., every kid in the country, everybody in the world is skateboarding on. "

" If my parents really understood how much I've learned that I could never learn in school, they'd be very proud. Instead, I'm still their crazy kid, sagging his pants and dancing around on the laptop. "

" Sometimes I'll be somewhere, and the cops will show up to kick me out and end up just asking for a photo. "

" I am truly blessed to have been a part of the MTV family for so long. "

" Once you get a trick on film, it's there forever. "

" For me, part of one my big movements is building authentic street environments for skateboarding. "

" Skateboarding for me is a whole lot different for me than before the TV fame, if you will, because going out in the street is a little bit different. "

" As I've evolved, I'm capable of doing a lot of things at once, but really, as an entrepreneur and business person, it's more about adding the right structure to be able to handle scaling all those things as opposed to being at the forefront of doing a lot of them. "

" I try to seize every opportunity I can. "

" In Ohio, I built the world's first skate plaza. "

" One of the best things to me about 'Skate' is that if you play this game from beginning to end, you just got a complete education on what skateboarding is. "

" There is nothing like watching a crazy video for the very first time. "