Tony Hawk

"The biggest lesson I learned from my dad is to support children even if they're doing something that is unorthodox."

"My youngest son's 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, 'I've never seen my dad do work.' It's true. Skateboarding doesn't seem like real work, but I'm proud of what I do."

"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 Play Station, and now it's all kind of devices. So you've got to learn to adapt what you know from the technology into those areas... I've been wanting to do a mobile game for a long time."

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."