I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great.
I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do.
I want to perform well.
I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.
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.
Skateboarding is a way to let your body control the mind.
Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.
Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.
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.
I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym.
I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life.
Now that I have the knowledge and I can speak to programmers better and I understand a lot more about what's possible and what's not possible, this will all help with the next game.
I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.
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.
I like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo.
I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.
I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.
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!
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.
If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate.
My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13.
I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.
When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.
When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up.
I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids.
