Bones Brigade: An Autobiography Quotes
Rodney Mullen: I think anyone who has had any degree of fame becomes very sensitive to - pelting you with praise. And too much of it can have the weight of a tombstone. Stacy Peralta never did that. It... it was... See, fires are combustible - not because of the gas, but because of the vapors. And his laugh was quite like those vapors.
Movie: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Rodney Mullen: Tony Hawk won everything; or close to it. That creates so much more pressure because there's no gratification in winning - there's only upholding something so that you don't lose it. And it is staggering. It usurps the joy of it. It's like a Kafka short story. You, you, you... build something but you can't live in the house because you sit around guarding it.
Movie: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Rodney Mullen: Contests gave me the ability to continue to do what defined me. But what they came to represent was... Don't Fail.
Movie: Bones Brigade: An Autobiography