Tony Hawk Quotes

The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

The distance between a person's dream and their accomplishments can only be measured by their desire.

I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.

I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.

I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

Never give up, because at the end of it all we all trying to win.

I feel you can be down and out but if you are determined, nothing can stop you from winning.

I would have been a frustrated man had I not achieved what I wanted to achieve as a cricketer.

I've achieved all my dreams.

There are some things we do simply because the doing is a success.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

It's not over until you win

Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.

Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.

I just knew if it could be done, it had to be done, and I did it

Success is a collection of problems solved.

I'm just a Parma kid who lived in the Sandpiper and went to Normandy. If I can do it, you can do whatever you set as your goal.

I've achieved everything I've wanted to achieve, so I'm not scared of failure. I never gave up, however bad the injuries got.

I want to be successful. I want to be able to win.

If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

For me to become an All-Star for two straight years and now to become an All-Star starter, I most definitely proved the doubters wrong. It's an unbelievable moment in my career.

No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'