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I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just live it. I get hurt all the time. I break bones. It's just all part of the process.

- Ryan Sheckler

Process, Here, Like, Skateboard

No one can tell me what to do on my skateboard. My skateboard is my safe spot. I can learn tricks, I can have fun, I can do whatever I want on my skateboard.

- Ryan Sheckler

Have Fun, Learn, Tell, Skateboard

I run a lot. I do a lot of yoga. Hot yoga. Which is random and sounds lame, but it has definitely made my flexibility and balance 100 percent better on my skateboard. I do that and a lot of plyometric, biometrics, and surf. I train every other day of the week and skate for an hour everyday.

- Ryan Sheckler

Week, Other, Yoga, Skateboard

My life path has been a blessing and a great learning experience. Skateboarding is my passion and I don't see that changing. When I'm not skating, I love to surf. I'm open to the new experiences and opportunities.

- Ryan Sheckler

Love, My Life, Been, Great Learning

I am always hurt, but what are you going to do? I have to skate.

- Ryan Sheckler

I Am, Always, Going, Hurt

For me, the reason I keep working out and want to get bigger and focus on staying fit is because when you do fall it's easier to tighten up and not get hurt. I also wrestle, and that helps me a lot with taking a fall. A lot of what I do at the end of they day are things that will help me to not get hurt.

- Ryan Sheckler

Focus, Reason, Staying, Hurt

For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves around skating. If I wasn't a professional skateboarder, I'd still be skating every day.

- Ryan Sheckler

My Life, Every Day, Still, Revolves

It's not that I don't respect my parents' authority or appreciate all that they did for me, but when I was 18 I was able to move out, and I was out. I feel like a different person since then; I mean, it's obviously a big turning point in life. I feel like I've established myself, and I'm a smarter and more mature for it.

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Big, Feel, Mature, Smarter

I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worried about it. I can't change it. I can't fix it. It is what it is. I'm just living.

- Ryan Sheckler

Living, It Is What It Is, Worried

Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up.

- Ryan Sheckler

Game, Planet, Lakers, Kobe

I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes.

- Ryan Sheckler

Sports, Grateful, Everybody, Supports

I kind of just put my boards together wherever I feel comfortable that day. It could be on the kitchen table, on the ground, on the couch, wherever.

- Ryan Sheckler

Kind, Could, Boards, Kitchen Table

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

- Ryan Sheckler

Love, Always, Figure, Competitions

'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.

- Ryan Sheckler

Year, Next, Other, Goals

The world is just waiting to be skated.

- Ryan Sheckler

Waiting, World, Just, Skated

When I was 5 years old, hanging out with my friends who were all older than me, like 8 or 9, I was joking around like, 'Yeah, when I'm 20 that's a perfect age to go pro.' That's what I had in my head. Then I turn pro at 13. It's all been a mystery and its all been awesome.

- Ryan Sheckler

Perfect, Been, Had, Joking

This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.

- Ryan Sheckler

City, Week, Through, Skate

My whole life has been the skate life. I don't really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.

- Ryan Sheckler

Doing, Been, Whole, Skate

I skate a lot with my shirt off, so working out has always been important to me. I almost have as much fun working out as I do skating. And seeing your body change, and seeing yourself get bigger and more toned and cut, makes a big difference in how you feel about yourself.

- Ryan Sheckler

Big, Been, Cut, Skate

I don't even need to do anything; I am always amped to skate. Always amped to be competing. I love competing - that's what I do. Any contest, it doesn't really take much. Just get me on the course and I'll get going.

- Ryan Sheckler

Love, Anything, I Love, Skate

I skate to anything with a good beat, anything that can get me motivated.

- Ryan Sheckler

Beat, Motivated, Get, Skate

I'll always have my skate life, but I absolutely like the fun of making movies.

- Ryan Sheckler

Movies, Always, Making, Skate

I always think it's weird when guys come up to me and say that their girlfriends love me.

- Ryan Sheckler

Love, Think, Always, Girlfriends

When I am on my board, I always have my ID, ChapStick and maybe a $20 bill, because you never know when you'll need to buy a water or something.

- Ryan Sheckler

Need, Always, Maybe, Board

Hopefully, kids realize you can do anything you want. Skateboarding can be that gateway.

- Ryan Sheckler

Want, You, Hopefully, Gateway

The way I look at tricks is if I really have my mind set on one, I'm going to learn it until I can do it 10 or 20 times in a row. I want to perfect it.

- Ryan Sheckler

Mind, Perfect, Set, Row

I don't really have a type. I just kind of hang out with girls that I think have a good personality, know how to have fun, active and definitely have something going on in their life so they are busy so I'm not stuck all the time hanging out.

- Ryan Sheckler

Hang, I Think, Type, Stuck

These fans are there to support me, and I'm so appreciative of that.

- Ryan Sheckler

Support, Me, Fans, Appreciative

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

- Ryan Sheckler

Love, Race, Like, Skateboarding

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

- Ryan Sheckler

Real, Like, TV, Sydney

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