Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that. "

Related Quotes:

" If you think I've got a lot of sponsors, you should see the stuff I turn down. "

" If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what. "

" I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards. "

" It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!' "

" My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together. "

" Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things. "

" You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy. "

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

" We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them. "

" You have to be prepared to take a spill. "

" I like that you can easily flip the sheets over and have a different feel or vibe in your room. You don't have to go get a whole brand-new set of sheets. "

" If you eat the same cereal every day it's gonna get old. And if I had thought about snowboarding every day, I would have quit a long time ago. "

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

" It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing. "

" I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do. "

" When I'm on planes, I'd talk to people and I'd tell them I compete in the X Games. Some would know what it was, but maybe half didn't. But everyone knows about the Olympics. They're really like the X Games for the world! "

" Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything. "

" I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes. "

" Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused. "

" If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.' "

" I've reached my goal with snowboarding. "

" 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. "

" I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics. "

" I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different. "

" I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope. "

" I love acting. "

" When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense. "

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

" I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way. "

" I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them. "