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

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" Street League Skateboarding is the premier professional skateboarding league in the world, with the biggest prize money in history. "

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" '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? "

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

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

" As a professional skateboarder, I can't look at anyone getting hurt - it freaks me out. "

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" Without a doubt, Dana White is my biggest influence. "

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

" 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. "

" The evolution of the plaza always came from the idea of just a really good place to ride a skateboard that you could ride at anytime, and that's what the foundation always stands for - being a place that's free, open and legal... for those that are technical, to do really hard stuff, and for those who are learning, to just have fun. "

" Business is my passion. "

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

" I try to seize every opportunity I can. "

" I built a very methodical television show around my business. I learned how to use television as a platform to advertise products. I created a platform showcasing the stuff that I build. It's taking the integration model to another level. "

" Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there. "

" DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league. "

" The reality of professional skateboarding contests is that they're not relevant in our world. "

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

" The serious professional skateboarder doesn't have a job. They get paid enough not to. "

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

" The mainstream thinks that every skateboarder aspires to be in the X Games. "

" Justin Bieber, I love to death. He's such a cool, ridiculous, much crazier kid in real life - more than he's really allowed to be, because he's a Unicorn and very rare. "

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

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

" As skateboarding evolved, it evolved away from competition. Having a best-trick contest doesn't work. "