Latest Mike Vallely Quotes from Interviews

• I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

  Mike Vallely

  Racism, People, Trying

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I don't see masses, I don't see it like, oh there's hundreds of people here and I'm overwhelmed. I just try to think, well I could be a kid in that crowd, or my daughters could be in that crowd, and no one wants to feel like they're just part of the masses.

  Mike Vallely

  Daughter, Kids, Thinking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I understand that these people are all there to see me ride, that that's why they're in the building, and whether I have ten people, or a thousand people come out to see me, they still came out to see me, and I take that to heart.

  Mike Vallely

  Heart, People, Building

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I strive to do my best every single time and I think that's something the skate community knows about me and appreciates.

  Mike Vallely

  Thinking, Appreciate, Community

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I don't talk down to kids. Usually someone my age who's talking to a ten or twelve year old is yelling at them.

  Mike Vallely

  Kids, Yelling, Talking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• Through skateboarding, I have an open line of communication, some common ground and common ground is big man. That enables me to travel around the world and no matter where I am, or who I'm with, connect with other young people, and I can have an instant dialogue and an instant relationship based on the fact that we skateboard, and when I'm doing appearances and demos, that's not lost on me.

  Mike Vallely

  Communication, Men, People

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from.

  Mike Vallely

  Meaningful, Inspiration, Thinking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings.

  Mike Vallely

  Kids, Treats, Feels

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I'm not out here on the front lines trying to create clones, or consumers, or worshippers of who I am, and what I do. I'm trying to nurture the idea that you should do your own thing, which is really powerful.

  Mike Vallely

  Powerful, Who I Am, Ideas

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I grew up with heroes, people who made me aspire to raise my game, to dream bigger and I like to keep it that simple.

  Mike Vallely

  Dream, Hero, Simple

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• Everything that I'm really about is being an individualist. I believe in individuality.

  Mike Vallely

  Believe, Individuality, I Believe

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• If someone told me I had to give back, or I'm supposed to give back, or I'm supposed to do these things, I would reject that. My actions are those of valuing and caring.

  Mike Vallely

  Caring, Giving, Action

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• Where I'm coming from is that nothing I do is from a sense of obligation.

  Mike Vallely

  Obligation

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I don't want to be an object of consumption. I like to get out there and participate because I care about it. It's not because I've gotten filthy rich off the hides of young skaters that I feel some sickening obligation to act on, and make myself look like I'm not that bad of a guy. It's because I actually care.

  Mike Vallely

  Guy, Looks, Care

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I desire to have a dialogue that's positive, and communicative and moves forward, and is about something real, not just consumption.

  Mike Vallely

  Real, Moving, Desire

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• What I do is I take action because I value the position I have, the career I have, the life I live, the people I interact with, my fanbase, my friends, however you want to say that. I value those relationships and I use the opportunities they present to me.

  Mike Vallely

  Opportunity, Careers, People

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• They told me I'd have to be there for the entire shooting of the movie which was two and a half months and again, I was surprised. Most movies I'd worked on before took only a day or so, so I realized this was a pretty big deal. I got to the set and was involved in a very integral way, which was a fun experience to be a part of.

  Mike Vallely

  Fun, Two, Way

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I'm not going to beat somebody up for talking smack to me, especially another skater.

  Mike Vallely

  Talking, Beats, Smack Talk

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• There's a lot of time when skaters think they know everything because they've seen videos of you, and seen you on TV or the internet, and there's ways of throwing jabs and being inconsiderate and not having your manners.

  Mike Vallely

  Thinking, Video, Way

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• They'll try to apply the rules of the day to the game, where you can't touch your board with your hands, or you can't step off your board, etc and I want nothing to do with it. It's like a game from a different planet or something and it's hard for me to relate to anybody who would think of skateboarding in such a narrow way.

  Mike Vallely

  Thinking, Hands, Games

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• Kids at skate parks will step up and challenge me to a game of Skate, but I'm over that, I really don't care. I'm all about participating, and I'm all about being a part of this scene, but there's certain vibes I just don't get along with.

  Mike Vallely

  Kids, Games, Challenges

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• We didn't call it a sport necessarily, and skaters definitely weren't thought of as athletes, we were thought of as misfits.

  Mike Vallely

  Sports, Athlete, Misfits

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• Through getting sponsored and becoming a part of the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta, doors were being opened. The entire culture was shifting from ramps to street, and I sort of became a poster child for that.

  Mike Vallely

  Children, Doors, Culture

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• When I got sponsored, it symbolized a major change and a major shift in skateboarding.

  Mike Vallely

  Skateboarding, Major Change, Majors

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

• I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd always valued the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta as the ultimate in skateboarding.

  Mike Vallely

  Skateboarding, Video, Saws

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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