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.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the joy of embracing one's passions in life, regardless of age, while also acknowledging the importance of self-awareness.
Tony Hawk's quote emphasizes the value of maintaining an active and adventurous spirit, even as one ages. It reflects a desire to continue pursuing activities that bring joy and fulfillment, like skateboarding, while being mindful of one's abilities and limitations. This perspective encourages people to live fully and authentically, taking pride in their passions while also respecting their personal boundaries.
In practice
Share this quote during a community event focused on sports for all ages.
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.
I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.
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.
I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.
My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion.
Skateistan's not just about skating. It’s giving people life skills and hope for the future.
If there be no right of rebellion against a state of things that no savage tribe would endure without resistance, then I am sure that it is better for men to fight and die without right than to live in such a state of right as this.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
A good girl in Afghanistan should be silent, should not talk about her future, should listen to your family, be like a doll so that everyone can play with her.
Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.
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