Tony Hawk

Well, I mean, it's a lot.

I will concur on that point, yes.

Was it worth it?

Yes, always.

I'm here.

I still get to talk about it.

I still get to do it.

It's wild.

Well, I was very young, so I certainly didn't think I was choosing a career because there was no career to be made.

When I turned pro, it meant that I just moved up a division in competition, and then I was gunning for $100 first place prize money, so...

That didn't feel like a career move.

And I was young enough and naive enough to just think, oh, this is fun.

And then as I started to get into my later years of high school, it became a living.

And I realized when I graduated that, oh, I already have everyone's figuring out what they're going to do with their life.

I have a career path, although I didn't know how long it would last.

But, you know, ignorance is bliss and youth is...

Wasted on the young.

yeah i would say especially in the summer because oh even even in the during the school year because i was expected to travel to these big events in florida and in chicago and um in atlanta and i would have to miss a thursday or friday from school go there compete you know be there try to try to do my best performance

a lot of fans and whatever else, and then go straight back to school on Sunday or come back home Sunday and go to school on Monday.

And I was in a different world.