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Tony Hawk (Skater)

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

— Tony Hawk life

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

— Tony Hawk love

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.

— Tony Hawk life

My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, my dad sells money, and my dad figures stuff out. My son said, 'I've never seen my dad do work.' It's true. Skateboarding doesn't seem like real work, but I'm proud of what I do.

— Tony Hawk money

Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution of how to interact, promote and share things.

— Tony Hawk evolution

I won't quit skating until I am physically unable.

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

— Tony Hawk people

The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their hairdos and tattoos are simply part of our culture, even when they raise eyebrows during PTA meetings.

— Tony Hawk success

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

— Tony Hawk real

I wanted to promote skateboarding as much as possible through different media.

— Tony Hawk media

If I can stand up when I'm 80, I'll be happy to cruise around on a skateboard. If I feel like my skills are fading, I just won't do it publicly.

— Tony Hawk happy

Don't be afraid of girls. That is my big regret. Knowing what I know about girls, I should have just gone for it. Guys are such wimps.

— Tony Hawk regret

I was nerdy and really into computers. I was a good student until my senior year, when I started traveling and had a lot of absences.

— Tony Hawk art

If you have a game with your name on it, you have to learn how to play.

— Tony Hawk you

I changed high schools three times because my parents moved. I had one friend my freshman year named Miki Vukovich. Miki and I were the only skaters in our high school. He runs my foundation now.

— Tony Hawk time

Any time skating was featured in a video game, I ate it up. So around 1997-98, I was shopping this video game idea. I was weighing my options when I went to Activision, but when I saw what they were working on, I said, 'This is exactly what I'd love to be involved with,' and following that gut reaction was hugely successful.

— Tony Hawk love

I love snowboarding, but I would never want to do it competitively or at a professional level. Snowboarding is a spawn of skating, and skating is my passion.

— Tony Hawk love

I love the fact that there is now a skate park in almost every city, but it will always have a rebellious/underground edge to it because it is based on individuality.

— Tony Hawk love

I started skating when I was about 10 years old. It was in an alleyway. I picked up my brother's skateboard and stood on it. I started to roll down the alley, and I yelled at my brother asking him how I turn the thing. At the end of the alley, I just jumped off, picked up the board and physically turned it around.

— Tony Hawk art

I was a lot more cultured than the other kids in my high school. Because I traveled, I understood different cultures and had a more worldly view. Most of the people I went to high school with had never been outside of California.

— Tony Hawk people

I've definitely had my share of calls where I just laugh. Someone came to me once and wanted to do a signature Hawk cologne. I was like, 'Of what? Sweaty pads? Am I wringing out my pads into a little perfume bottle?'

— Tony Hawk nature

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general, they don't have that with the Summer Games. They don't have anything that's drawing in a younger viewership.

— Tony Hawk success

In ramp skating, there's this guy Alex Perelson who's really coming into his own and doing some amazing new stuff we haven't seen before. Just different types of spin.

— Tony Hawk real

When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of it because that wasn't something anyone had done yet.

— Tony Hawk art

I jumped between two seven-story buildings in Los Angeles, launching from one rooftop to the other with ramps.

— Tony Hawk story

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so theres so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

— Tony Hawk life

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