Top 35 Ryan Sheckler Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Don’t ever give up. You gotta keep trying, and never give up.”

— Ryan Sheckler

2. “I live to ride, and ride to live.”

— Ryan Sheckler

3. “Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don’t expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you’ll stick with it.”

— Ryan Sheckler

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

— Ryan Sheckler

5. “I’ll always have my skate life, but I absolutely like the fun of making movies.”

— Ryan Sheckler

6. “I’m going to capitalize on everything I can.”

— Ryan Sheckler

7. “Fans are the best. I’d do whatever for them.”

— Ryan Sheckler

8. “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

9. “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

10. “I just personally really enjoy having a clean body. I shower twice a day. I just like feeling clean and feeling smooth.”

— Ryan Sheckler

11. “If you go out there and your main purpose is to get a sponsor, then it’s not gonna work. Just go out there and have fun. That’s how I got sponsored.”

— Ryan Sheckler

12. “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

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

— Ryan Sheckler

14. “I started getting tattoos, and the hair would grow back out and grow over a nice piece of artwork that I really wanted to show, and it just became one of those things. I can’t stand the hair on my body. I just wanted it gone. It’s just a better feeling for me.”

— Ryan Sheckler

15. “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

16. “Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it’s motivation.”

— Ryan Sheckler

17. “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

18. “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

19. “I know exactly what I’m doing when I’m doing a trick. I really hate it when I fail.”

— Ryan Sheckler

20. “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

21. “My whole life has been the skate life. I don’t really remember doing anything besides skateboarding.”

— Ryan Sheckler

22. “I just want to keep things going. I just love testing myself.”

— Ryan Sheckler

23. “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

24. “I shave my body probably once a week, maybe twice a week on the arms, just to keep it fresh.”

— Ryan Sheckler

25. “I am a skateboarder, and to stay fit for skating I have to stay away from a lot of things. I go to parties and that’s fun for me, but between skating and lifting and everything, I know what I have to do the next day, so I’m very conscious about my schedule and keeping it.”

— Ryan Sheckler

26. “If you feel comfortable by shaving your body, then shave your body. I feel comfortable keeping my body ready by shaving. I don’t think it’s unmanly to shave; I think that if you can get past that, you’re fine.”

— Ryan Sheckler

27. “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

28. “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

29. “Sometimes it gets a little hectic on trips because we’re skating all day long, and all you want to do is eat dinner and go to sleep. So sometimes it gets a little long for my liking, but the second I get home, it’s straight to the shower to fix it all up, and we’re good to go.”

— Ryan Sheckler

30. “Definitely before hanging out with a chick, I make sure everything is to my liking.”

— Ryan Sheckler

31. “I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.”

— Ryan Sheckler

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

— Ryan Sheckler

33. “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

34. “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

35. “The world is just waiting to be skated.”

— Ryan Sheckler

36. “If I weren’t skateboarding, I’d love to race cars. I like anything that’s fast and active.”

— Ryan Sheckler

37. “I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating.”

— Ryan Sheckler

38. “I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like ‘The Real World Sydney.’”

— Ryan Sheckler