Quotes from Rob Dyrdek

I try to seize every opportunity I can.

I've got some alien blood in me.

'Rob & Big' was a buddy comedy show.

With success comes responsibility of playing your part, to do what you can to help not only those that helped you get to where you're at, but the future of who's going to be playing a part of your business and everything you do in your entire career.

Half of my success is my fearlessness and recklessness - of just seeing the end and not stopping until you get there.

Sometimes I'll be somewhere, and the cops will show up to kick me out and end up just asking for a photo.

DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.

Street League Skateboarding is the premier professional skateboarding league in the world, with the biggest prize money in history.

Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.

No one can fathom that the top 200 pro street skaters run from cops on the weekends and use a generator and lights to light up a handrail at 2 in the morning to get a trick that's going to be in an advertisement that will be shown around the world.

Sure things are going to get sketchy, but when your having the time of your life whats sketchy?

In all aspects of life, it's always much funner when you surround yourself with people you enjoy being around.

Without a doubt, Dana White is my biggest influence.

The evolution of the plaza always came from the idea of just a really good place to ride a skateboard that you could ride at anytime, and that's what the foundation always stands for - being a place that's free, open and legal... for those that are technical, to do really hard stuff, and for those who are learning, to just have fun.

I built a very methodical television show around my business. I learned how to use television as a platform to advertise products. I created a platform showcasing the stuff that I build. It's taking the integration model to another level.

Live an inspiring life. I don't do anything if I don't have a passion for it. I can't wait to get up in the morning and start the day. I just have such a passion for life and everything I do.

You don't know where life's gonna take you. Sometimes it takes you getting carried out of a club and then into a booth as an apology for it.

'Wild Grinders' becoming an animated series, and airing on Nicktoons is another one of my boyhood dreams come true. I came up with the name when I was eleven years old, when I needed a name for my first skate crew - who knew it would turn into such a mega brand?

Never undervalue the idea of partners. Understanding your strengths and then going out trying to find like-minded people who will be another pillar of your success.

As a professional skateboarder, I can't look at anyone getting hurt - it freaks me out.

Anything is possible if you're willing to work for it.

I quit high school to be a pro skateboarder out of Ohio, which is just asinine, but it was meant to be.

I only drink coffee grown in high altitude rain forests.

Justin Bieber, I love to death. He's such a cool, ridiculous, much crazier kid in real life - more than he's really allowed to be, because he's a Unicorn and very rare.