JaVale McGee Quotes

Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.

Growing up, I absolutely loved skateboarding and dirt bike riding with my brother and the neighborhood kids.

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

Funny how one halfpipe run can change your life.

I came to San Antonio, and it's known for the River Walk. So I was just doing some sightseeing, I looked at the bridge and I thought, 'Man, if I do a flip off this bridge, that would be super-cool.' I don't recommend anybody jump off that bridge.

When I know I'm not doing any auditions, I go to the skate park on my scooter or my bike.

I hung out with all the guys in my neighborhood when I was little... I would, like, skateboard and go to skate parks, like, every day and do motor cross, like, every weekend, and I was kind of one of those girls.

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.

Skateboarding was everything to us growing up. It changes the way you see the world: you spend all day looking for ditches.

I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up in Montana so... there was kind of a little half-pipe in my yard, and that was the extent of the skate terrain in Montana. So I've got to go out and make up for lost time.

I'd like to cause a little riot in skating.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

I've skateboarded my whole life, and I'm going to keep enjoying it until my age prohibits me.

I was always an adrenaline junkie, always competitive, always a speed freak.

We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.

I like to watch surfers and skaters that are really fast and really powerful and everything flows.

I'll skateboard now and then from time to time.

When I was a kid, I used to wake up every single day and skateboard. All I would think about is skating, but it wasn't like I wanted to be a pro skater. It was more of just that's what I did. I also roller bladed a lot.

I have no fear of death, so I don't think about it. I love the adrenalin kick that danger brings. Others get their kicks bungee jumping from tall buildings. I'm very, very competitive. I want to be the best at everything I do. It's not driving - it's everything - it might be playing my guitar, I try to be the best at it as I possibly can.

I've always been kind of a speed demon.

There's times when I'll be out in the middle of the track, standing in the curve, and I'll just laugh. 'What the heck am I doing right now? I'm sliding down the hill at crazy speeds and standing in freezing cold weather.'

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

I like to leisurely cruise around town on a longboard.

I just try to see what happens when you put your feet on the accelerator.

One isn't considered a bobsledder if he hasn't crashed.