Quotes About Individuality

One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport.

I've taken magic lessons since I was five-years-old. When I was little I would wear a top hat and cape, and I'd get relentlessly beat up by jocks. That's why I don't care for sports.

The world believes all blondes are stupid and brunettes are smarter. Well, I disagree.

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

You know, I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport, you know for me it's just a way of life

I know I am only one, but I am one, and just because I'm one should not stop me from

You are what you are.

Skateboarding has nothing to do with competition or sport. It has to do with trying to stay as immature as you can for the rest of your life. It's kind of a lame thing to say, but it really is.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.

We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

You can't depend on other people, you have to run your own race.

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears.

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.