Most anything I've ever set my mind to, I could accomplish.

It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out.

Not to sound too deep or weird, but I think that the times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you're really sort of becoming one with nature. Surfing's as raw of a sport as it gets.

Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.

The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.

It's all about where your mind's at

I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it's almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.

Surfing is my religion, if I have one.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

I've always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are.

A wave isn't like a skate ramp or mountain; everything's moving around, and you have to time how to move along with it. That's easier with a slow wave.

What was the point of having a situation worthy of fiction if the protagonist didn't behave as he would have done in a book?

There are times that all you need is someone who will listen to you without judging you

In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions.

Falling in love is the beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion; and in it's larger sense is the one thing in life worth doing.

You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.

I'm really not a clothes person. To me, that's just work. It's the thing I hate to do the most. I don't want to be judged in that way.

Good night, sweetheart," he says. "Good bye, sweetheart," I say. And it's so casual, so innocent that he doesn't suspect a thing.

I believe the previous administration shrunk from some of our responsibilities as a superpower and made the world a more dangerous place.

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.