Quotes by Tony Hawk

Big decisions in my life have always come easy and are made without hesitation. It is easier for me to make a life-changing decision than to decide what to get for dessert.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

I was nerdy and really into computers. I was a good student until my senior year, when I started traveling and had a lot of absences.

I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so theres so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. Action sport would be the least offensive categorization.

Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution of how to interact, promote and share things.

You just have to adapt, and you have to realize where people are going to actually play their games. It used to just be Nintendo and PlayStation, and now its all kind of devices. So youve got to learn to adapt what you know from the technology into those areas... Ive been wanting to do a mobile game for a long time.

My youngest sons pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, my dad sells money, and my dad figures stuff out. My son said, Ive never seen my dad do work. Its true. Skateboarding doesnt seem like real work, but Im proud of what I do.

The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if theyre doing something that is unorthodox.