If you dont see me on tour, its because I have found happiness away from winning, and that might be the biggest achievement I could ever accomplish.

I surf because it keeps my life at an even keel, without it I would tip into the oblivion.

You gotta go in the mud sometimes to figure who you are.

I try changing my surfing, which is the absolute worst thing you can do. Everyone surfs their own way. If I try to surf like someone else I look like a dork.

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

My heartbeat shall be hope.

Happiness and success require the highest possible optimism, with minimal expectations. Optimize without limits, and expect anything in particular.

What was youth at best? A green, an unripe time, a time of shallow moods, and sickly thoughts.

I've always thought you've got to believe in luck to get it.

Freddie Bryant is a brilliant young guitarist and composer.

Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else.

You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there.

Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.