Rob Dyrdek Quotes

I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.

We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch it.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.

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.

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

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

I got into skateboarding when I was like a shorty. It was a toy thing.

I'm too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.

In Dogtown, skateboards are like bikes to the Chinese.

Everyone probably says this, but my favorite athlete is Tony Hawk. I'd really love to meet him.

I've known Larry Clark since I was fourteen. I've always skateboarded in Manhattan. Larry got into the scene in the early '90s, taking pictures and skating with us.

I'd like to consider myself a versatile skater and I like to skate to different kinds of music.

I want to be a skater.

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

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.

I definitely tried to skateboard in middle school, and being from San Diego, surf and skate culture is a big, prevalent thing. But I was not that good - I was kind of a chubby kid and didn't totally master skating.

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

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.

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.

Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

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.

Skating was popular, but it wasn't mainstream. It had this underground following, and you could go on tours, win decent prize money, and make royalties from signature products - that's how I came to buy a house when I was a senior in high school.

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.