Health is a presence of a superior state of wellbeing, a vigor, a vitality, a pizzazz you have to work for every single day of your life.

It's easier to die when you have lived, than it is to die when you haven't. So I say to all young people, go make memories; beautiful memories. Because when the time comes to go, you won't go alone.

Big wave surfers are human beings that have powers. They are men of enormous gentility.

Death is not a stalker, always looking for us. Death is a scorekeeper tallying up how much we love life and how much we are willing to work for it. We die when we stop living.

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku.

It's easier to die when you have lived than it is to die when you haven't.

The reason he [Duke Kahanamouku] didn't like me was that I liked him too much.

There is a wisdom in the wave - high-born, beautiful - for those who would but paddle out.

The greatest thing in life is health.

I love to be called Doc.

Wisdom comes from intent, experience, and finding courage.

The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.

Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets

The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine

...in rebellion against the typical British-type dry flies, I created the Wulff series.

If I can take it, I can make it.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?