Nick Woodman Quotes & Sayings

“I think our slow, humble beginnings in surf shops, ski shops, bike shops, and motorcycle shops have been extremely important for our success. GoPro is all about celebrating an active lifestyle and sharing that with other people. It's authentic. It's not a brand that we went out and bought a bunch of ads for to create.”

“When I have a difficult decision to make, I imagine myself as a 90-year-old guy looking back on his life. I imagine what I'll think about myself at that point in time, and it always makes it really easy to go for it. You're only going to regret that you wimped out.”

“I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your most obvious guides.”

“On the road and traveling - that's when people are at their most creative.”

“I can sell anything that I totally believe in, but I'm a horrible salesman of something I don't believe in.”

“Before GoPro, if you wanted to have any footage of yourself doing anything, whether it's video or photo, you not only needed a camera, you needed another human being. And if you wanted the footage to be good, you needed that other human being to have skill with the camera.”

“If I didn't follow my passion for surfing... I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera.”

“I originally started GoPro with the sole purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves and their friends while they were surfing. I thought it was crazy that very few surfers had any photos or videos of themselves.”

“I realized that a surf trip on a jet can be like a road trip. If you see a road you want to turn down, you can just go there.”

“My first business was a retro-gaming site where you'd go and play all these cool old-school games. It was a good idea but ahead of its time.”