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I was in bands, like everyone else, when I was 16, 17; I was a little skater listening to Dead Kennedy's and Steel Pole Bath Tub. It was through early 90s Hip Hop that I found my way to Soul and Funk, and then out the other side into beats.

To me, a hockey player has to be every sport rolled into one: ice skater, baseball player, football player, etc. It's just incredible to watch!

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.

I dreamed of being a professional skater once. I wanted to be a Korean Olympic skater, but I wasn't good enough, so I quit.

I was a competitive roller skater for 12 years.

I'm a speed skater. That's who I am, in my heart.

I mean, Patrick Chan, you could make the argument he's the best skater that ever was.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

'Thrasher' magazine's Skater of the Year is clearly my No. 1 goal. The only way I get that is skating. Other than that, I haven't set that many outrageous goals. If I got Skater of the Year, that would just really add to it all and make me feel really good. Whether it's this year, next year or five years from now, that is my goal.

I was a natural skater, but I also took private lessons to enhance my skills.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

You can be a great skater, you can have really good puck skills, but the ability to problem-solve is, to me, key.

I'm the type of skater that needs to stay upbeat and relaxed, open, because if I stay quiet, I get in my head, and then I start to think too much and start to doubt.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

My oldest brother was two years older than me, and a really awesome skater.

As a street skater, I am always on the move and always looking for convenient ways to refuel.

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

Ever since I was a younger skater, I've been working my way to these big jumps.

As a kid growing up, I didn't want to tell any of my classmates I did figure-skating because I knew they'd be like, 'Oh, you're a skater, you're gay, blah blah blah.' So I kept it to myself. Once I started getting to more of an elite level, I didn't really care what people thought, though.